龍溪

Chinese

		dragon; imperial; surname	creek
trad. (龍溪)		龍	溪
simp. (龙溪)		龙	溪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lóngxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ kai¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): Lṳ̀ng-kă̤
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Liông-khe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lóngxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lóngsi
    • Wade–Giles: Lung²-hsi¹
    • Yale: Lúng-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Longshi
    • Palladius: Лунси (Lunsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁴ kai¹
    • Yale: lùhng kāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ kai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ kei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Lṳ̀ng-kă̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃yŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(kʰ-)ŋɛ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liông-khe
    • Tâi-lô: Liông-khe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liongqef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɔŋ¹³⁻²² kʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ²³⁻³³ kʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰe⁴⁴/

Proper noun

龍溪

1. (～縣) (historical) Longxi (a former county of Fujian, China, now part of Longhai, Xiangcheng and Longwen)
2. (～鎮) Longxi (a town in Wushan, Chongqing, China)

Derived terms

• 龍海／龙海 (Lónghǎi)

 

References

• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “khe”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 264; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 264