排長龍

Chinese

		row of logs or boards; a platoon; line up	long dragon; long queue
trad. (排長龍)		排	長龍
simp. (排长龙)		排	长龙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pái chánglóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paai⁴ coeng⁴ lung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pái chánglóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pái chánglóng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻai² chʻang²-lung²
    • Yale: pái cháng-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pair charnglong
    • Palladius: пай чанлун (paj čanlun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paai⁴ coeng⁴ lung⁴
    • Yale: pàaih chèuhng lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paai⁴ tsoeng⁴ lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pai⁴ cêng⁴ lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːi̯²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ lʊŋ²¹/

Verb

排⫽長龍 (verb-object)

1. to form a long queue

   • 你詐肚痛，去廁所排長龍 [Cantonese, trad.]
     你诈肚痛，去厕所排长龙 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 胡文森 (lyricist), 《詐肚痛》

     nei⁵ zaa³ tou⁵ tung³, heoi³ ci³ so² paai⁴ coeng⁴ lung⁴ [Jyutping]

     You pretend to have a stomachache, to wait in a long line to go to the washroom

See also

• 打蛇餅／打蛇饼
• 大排長龍／大排长龙 (dàpáichánglóng)