龍口

Chinese

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lóngkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ hau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lóngkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lóngkǒu
    • Wade–Giles: Lung²-kʻou³
    • Yale: Lúng-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Longkoou
    • Palladius: Лункоу (Lunkou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁴ hau²
    • Yale: lùhng háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ hɐu̯³⁵/

Proper noun

龍口

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ hau²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁴ hau²
    • Yale: lùhng háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ hɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

龍口

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) pocket