隆隆

Chinese

		grand; intense; prosperous grand; intense; prosperous; start (a fire); sound of drums	grand; intense; prosperous grand; intense; prosperous; start (a fire); sound of drums
simp. and trad. (隆隆)		隆	隆
alternative forms		靇靇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lónglóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ lung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lónglóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lónglóng
    • Wade–Giles: lung²-lung²
    • Yale: lúng-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: longlong
    • Palladius: лунлун (lunlun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁴ lung⁴
    • Yale: lùhng lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ lʊŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ljuwng ljuwng

Rime
Character	隆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力中切
Baxter	ljuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/liuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/liuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luwŋ/
Li Rong	/liuŋ/
Wang Li	/lĭuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lung4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]uŋ  [r]uŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·ruːŋ  ɡ·ruːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	隆
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lóng
Middle Chinese	‹ ljuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]uŋ/
English	sound of thunder
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	隆
Reading #	1/1
No.	6286
Phonetic component	夅
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	隆
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·ruːŋ/

Adjective

隆隆

1. (onomatopoeia, of thunder, machines, guns, etc.) rumbling

Derived terms

• 隆隆聲／隆隆声

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
隆	隆
りゅう Grade: S	りゅう Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
隆隆 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 隆隆 – see the following entry.

【隆々りゅうりゅう】 [adjective] prosperous [adjective] brawny, muscular

(This term, 隆隆, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)