土龍

See also: 土龙

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	dragon; imperial; surname
trad. (土龍)		土	龍
simp. (土龙)		土	龙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǔlóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thô͘-lêng / thô͘-liông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǔlóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǔlóng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu³-lung²
    • Yale: tǔ-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuulong
    • Palladius: тулун (tulun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thô͘-lêng / thô͘-liông
    • Tâi-lô: thôo-lîng / thôo-liông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toleeng, tolioong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/, /tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² liɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/, /tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² liɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ¹³⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/, /tʰɔ¹³⁻²² liɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪŋ²⁴/, /tʰɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ liɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔ²³⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/, /tʰɔ²³⁻³³ liɔŋ²³/

Noun

土龍

1. dragon made of soil (used in ancient times for rain prayers)
2. Synonym of 蚯蚓 (qiūyǐn, “earthworm”)
3. Synonym of 鼉／鼍 (tuó, “Chinese alligator”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
土	龍
Grade: 1	Jinmeiyō

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

【土竜もぐら】 [noun] a mole (burrowing insectivore) Alternative spellings 鼹鼠, 鼴, モグラ 【土竜もぐらもち】 [noun] a mole (burrowing insectivore) Alternative spelling 鼹鼠 【土竜むぐら】 [noun] (rare, possibly obsolete) a mole (burrowing insectivore) Alternative spelling 鼹鼠 【土竜むぐらもち】 [noun] (rare, possibly obsolete) a mole (burrowing insectivore) Alternative spelling 鼹鼠 【土竜うぐらもち】 [noun] (rare, possibly obsolete) a mole (burrowing insectivore) 【土竜うぐろもち】 [noun] (rare, possibly obsolete) a mole (burrowing insectivore) Alternative spellings 墳, 鼹鼠 【土竜うごろもち】 [noun] (obsolete) a mole (burrowing insectivore) Alternative spelling 鼹鼠 【土竜どりゅう】 [noun] (rare) a mole (burrowing insectivore) [noun] (rare) an earthworm (worm (animal)) [noun] (figurative) an outstanding horse; an excellent horse; a famous horse (by metaphor from the meaning of the kanji)

(This term, 土龍, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)