興隆

See also: 兴隆

Chinese

		interest; flourish; it is the fashion to interest; flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular	grand; intense; prosperous grand; intense; prosperous; start (a fire); sound of drums
trad. (興隆)		興	隆
simp. (兴隆)		兴	隆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnglóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ lung⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hîn-lùng

  (Hailu, HRS): hin^ˋ lung

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): heng-liông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hêng¹ long⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shin-lon₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnglóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singlóng
    • Wade–Giles: hsing¹-lung²
    • Yale: syīng-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinglong
    • Palladius: синлун (sinlun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing¹ lung⁴
    • Yale: hīng lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hîn-lùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: hin^ˊ lung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hin¹ lung²
    • Sinological IPA: /hin²⁴ luŋ¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: hin^ˋ lung
    • Sinological IPA: /hin⁵³ luŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: heng-liông
    • Tâi-lô: hing-liông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: henglioong
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hêng¹ long⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: heng lông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /heŋ³³⁻²³ loŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shin-lon₆
    • MiniDict: shin^平 lon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xin-lon₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin⁵⁵ loŋ²¹/

Adjective

興隆

1. prosperous; thriving; flourishing; booming

   • 親賢臣，遠小人，此先漢所以興隆也；親小人，遠賢臣，此後漢所以傾頹也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     亲贤臣，远小人，此先汉所以兴隆也；亲小人，远贤臣，此后汉所以倾颓也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 227, 諸葛亮 (Zhuge Liang), 《出師表》

     Qīn xiánchén, yuǎn xiǎorén, cǐ xiānhàn suǒyǐ xìnglóng yě; qīn xiǎorén, yuǎn xiánchén, cǐ hòuhàn suǒyǐ qīngtuí yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

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• 全盛 (quánshèng)
• 卬卬 (áng'áng) (literary)
• 富強 / 富强 (fùqiáng)
• 富昌 (fùchāng) (literary)
• 富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
• 強盛 / 强盛 (qiángshèng)
• 昌 (literary, or in compounds)
• 昌明 (chāngmíng) (literary, of a government, culture, etc.)
• 旺盛 (wàngshèng)
• 昌盛 (chāngshèng)
• 昌隆 (chānglóng)
• 景氣 / 景气 (jǐngqì)
• 暢旺 / 畅旺 (chàngwàng)
• 條暢 / 条畅 (tiáochàng) (literary)
• 火爆 (huǒbào)
• 紅火 / 红火 (hónghuo) (mainland China)
• 繁榮 / 繁荣 (fánróng)
• 繁盛 (fánshèng)
• 繁華 / 繁华 (fánhuá)
• 繽紛 / 缤纷 (bīnfēn) (literary)
• 興旺 / 兴旺 (xīngwàng)
• 興盛 / 兴盛 (xīngshèng)
• 茂盛 (màoshèng)
• 蓬勃 (péngbó)
• 蕃昌 (fánchāng) (literary)
• 軫軫 / 轸轸 (zhěnzhěn) (literary)
• 隆昌 (lóngchāng) (literary)
• 隆盛 (lóngshèng)
• 鼎盛 (dǐngshèng)

Antonyms

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• 不景 (bùjǐng) (Hong Kong)
• 不景氣 / 不景气 (bùjǐngqì)
• 低迷 (dīmí)
• 冷淡 (lěngdàn)
• 慘淡 / 惨淡 (cǎndàn)
• 清淡 (qīngdàn)
• 蕭條 / 萧条 (xiāotiáo)

Derived terms

• 生意興隆 / 生意兴隆

Proper noun

興隆

1. (～縣) Xinglong (a county of Chengde, Hebei, China)
2. (～街道) Xinglong (a subdistrict of Duodao district, Jingmen, Hubei, China)
3. (～鎮) Xinglong (a town in Zaoyang, Xiangyang, Hubei, China)
4. (～鎮) Xinglong (a town in Fengjie, Chongqing, China)
5. (～村) Xinglong (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
興	隆
こう Grade: 5	りゅう Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
興隆 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɾʲɨː]

Noun

興(こう)隆(りゅう) • (kōryū) 

1. rise, prosperity

References

• “興隆”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
興	隆

Noun

興隆 • (heungnyung) (hangeul 흥륭)

1. hanja form^? of 흥륭 (“rise, prosperity”)