龍鬚

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Chinese[edit]

dragon; imperial; surname beard; moustache
trad. (龍鬚)
simp. (龙须)

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (16)
Final () (7) (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter ljowng sju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɨoŋ/ /sɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/lioŋ/ /sio/
Shao
Rongfen
/lioŋ/ /sio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/luawŋ/ /suə̆/
Li
Rong
/lioŋ/ /sio/
Wang
Li
/lĭwoŋ/ /sĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/li̯woŋ/ /si̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lung4 seoi1

Noun[edit]

龍鬚

  1. (literally) dragon's beard
  2. (figurative) something long and thin, resembling dragon's beard
  3. (figurative, literary, historical) beard of emperors
  4. (Southern Min) cloth pulled on a coffin during a funeral procession
  5. Short for 龍鬚草龙须草 (“Chinese alpine rush; sabaigrass”).
  6. Short for 龍鬚席龙须席 (“mat made from sabaigrass”).

Derived terms[edit]