龍口

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Chinese

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dragon; imperial; surname mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (龍口)
simp. (龙口)
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Etymology 1

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Proper noun

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龍口

  1. () Longkou (a county-level city in Yantai, Shandong, China)
  2. () Longkou (a town in Honghu, Jingzhou, Hubei, China)
  3. () Longkou (a village in Xinhua, Shennongjia, Hubei, China)

Etymology 2

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Possibly derived from the use of (lung4) to refer to money in triad jargon (Bolton and Hutton, 2005).

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Noun

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龍口

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) pocket