蛟龍

See also: 蛟龙

Chinese

		scaly dragon	dragon; imperial; surname
trad. (蛟龍)		蛟	龍
simp. (蛟龙)		蛟	龙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāolóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹ lung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâu-liùng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kau-liông / kau-lêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāolóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiaolóng
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹-lung²
    • Yale: jyāu-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaulong
    • Palladius: цзяолун (czjaolun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau¹ lung⁴
    • Yale: gāau lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹ lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao¹ lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâu-liùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: gau´ liungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gau¹ liung²
    • Sinological IPA: /kau̯²⁴ li̯uŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-liông / kau-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: kau-liông / kau-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaulioong, kauleeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ²⁴/, /kau⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau³³ liɔŋ²⁴/, /kau³³ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ¹³/, /kau⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²⁴/, /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²³/, /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: kaew ljowng

Rime
Character	蛟	龍
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	古肴切	力鍾切
Baxter	kaew	ljowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠau/	/lɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚau/	/lioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kau/	/lioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨw/	/luawŋ/
Li Rong	/kau/	/lioŋ/
Wang Li	/kau/	/lĭwoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kau/	/li̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāo	lóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaau1	lung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːw  b·roŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	龍
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lóng
Middle Chinese	‹ ljowng ›
Old Chinese	/*[mə]-roŋ/
English	dragon
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蛟	龍
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	6299	8436
Phonetic component	交	龍
Rime group	宵	東
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	交	龍
Old Chinese	/*kreːw/	/*b·roŋ/

Noun

蛟龍

1. (countable) jiaolong (an aquatic dragon in Chinese mythology) (Classifier: 條／条 m)
2. (Shehua) rainbow

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 虹 (“rainbow”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		虹, 螮蝀, 雩, 隮
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		彩虹, 虹
Mandarin	Beijing	虹
	Taiwan	彩虹
	Tianjin	虹
	Langfang	虹
	Chengde	虹
	Tangshan	虹, 彩虹
	Cangzhou	虹
	Xianxian (Xiaoying)	彩虹, 虹
	Baoding	虹, 彩虹
	Shijiazhuang	虹
	Daming	虹
	Ulanhot	七彩虹
	Tongliao	彩虹
	Chifeng	虹, 大虹
	Bayanhot	彩虹, 虹
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	虹, 彩虹
	Heihe	虹, 彩虹
	Qiqihar	虹
	Harbin	虹, 紅虹
	Wuchang (Yingchengzi)	虹
	Jiamusi	虹
	Baicheng	虹
	Changchun	虹
	Tonghua	虹
	Shenyang	虹, 彩虹
	Dandong	虹
	Jinzhou	虹, 彩虹
	Dalian	虹
	Yantai	虹
	Yantai (Muping)	虹
	Qingdao	虹
	Lijin	虹
	Zhucheng	虹
	Rizhao	虹
	Jinan	虹
	Jining	虹
	Luoyang	虹
	Wanrong	虹
	Shangqiu	虹, 彩虹
	Yuanyang	虹
	Zhengzhou	虹
	Kaifeng	虹
	Lingbao	虹
	Xinyang	虹
	Ankang	虹
	Ankang (Xianhe)	虹
	Baihe	虹
	Baihe (Maoping)	虹
	Shiquan	虹
	Ziyang	虹
	Hanzhong	虹
	Xi'an	虹, 彩虹
	Dingbian	彩虹
	Baoji	虹
	Yinchuan	虹, 彩虹
	Yongning (Najiahu)	虹
	Wuzhong	虹
	Yanchi	虹
	Tongxin	虹
	Zhongwei	虹
	Guyuan	虹
	Longde	虹
	Jingyuan	虹
	Tianshui	虹
Lanzhou	虹
Dunhuang	虹
Xining	虹
Hami	虹
Ürümqi	虹
Ürümqi (Xigou)	彩虹
Ürümqi (Changshanzi)	虹
Yanqi	虹
Wuhan	虹
Huanggang	虹
Yichang	虹, 彩虹
Xiangyang	虹, 彩虹
Tianmen	虹, 曬虹
Hong'an	虹
Chengdu	虹, 天橋, 彩虹, 天龍
Chengdu (Xindu)	虹
Nanchong	虹, 彩虹
Dazhou	虹
Hanyuan	虹
Xichang	虹
Zigong	彩虹
Muli	虹
Chongqing	虹, 彩虹
Guiyang	虹
Zunyi	虹
Bijie	虹
Liping	虹, 虹濟水
Zhaotong	虹
Dali	虹
Kunming	虹, 彩虹
Mengzi	虹, 彩虹
Guilin	虹, 彩虹
Guilin (Lingui)	虹
Pingle	龍虹, 彩虹
Liuzhou	虹, 彩虹
Liuzhou (Luorong)	虹
Luzhai	彩虹
Nanning (Wuming)	彩虹
Yizhou	龍虹
Luocheng (Dongmen)	龍虹 dated, 彩虹
Tianlin (Langping)	虹
Tianlin (Pingtang)	虹
Xiangzhou (Nalu)	虹槓東
Jishou	虹, 螞蟥幹
Changde	虹, 馬雲
Anqing	虹
Xuzhou	虹
Fuyang	虹
Wuhu	虹
Yangzhou	虹
Lianyungang	虹
Lianshui	虹
Nanjing	虹
Hefei	虹
Chuzhou	虹
Nantong	鱟, 虹
Qimen (Anling Junhua)	虹
Jiangshan (Nianbadu)	虹
Kaihua (Huabu)	虹
Yushan (Huaiyu)	虹
Singapore	彩虹
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	虹
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	虹
Kokang	虹吃水, 龍虹
Dagudi (Maliba)	彩虹
Reshuitang (Longling)	老虹
Mae Salong (Lancang)	老虹, 彩虹
Mae Sai (Tengchong)	老虹
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	虹
Cantonese	Guangzhou	虹, 天虹, 龍拱
	Hong Kong	彩虹, 天虹
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	天弓
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	虹
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	天弓
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	天虹
	Macau	虹
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	虹
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	龍
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	龍虹
	Foshan	鑊耳龍
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	龍
	Foshan (Shunde)	拱篷
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鑊耳龍
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	龍
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	虹拱
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	播虹
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	龍孔
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	龍孔
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	叫虹
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鑊耳, 水拱
	Taishan	鑊耳, 水虹, 水拱
	Taishan (Guanghai)	龍生水, 鑊耳虹, 彩虹
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鑊耳龍, 水拱
	Enping (Niujiang)	鑊耳龍
	Heshan (Yayao)	虹
	Dongguan	虹
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	虹
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	天弓
	Qingyuan	虹
	Fogang	虹, 龍
	Yingde (Hanguang)	天弓
	Yangshan	虹
	Lianshan (Butian)	汗龍
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	天虹
	Shaoguan	虹
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	虹
	Renhua	天虹
	Lechang	天虹
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	龍
	Sihui	龍
	Guangning	龍
	Deqing	龍
	Huaiji	虹
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	旱龍
	Yunfu	龍
	Xinxing	龍
	Yunan (Pingtai)	龍
	Yangjiang	破篷
	Xinyi	湴更
	Lianjiang	虹
	Nanning	虹, 雙虹
	Nanning (Tanka)	彩虹
	Wuzhou	彩虹
	Yulin	龐虹
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	天虹, 虹
	Hepu (Shatian)	拱
	Guiping	虹
	Guiping (Jintian)	虹
	Guiping (Jiangkou)	虹, 彩虹
	Guiping (Madong)	龐虹
	Pingnan (Danzhu)	龍
	Mengshan (Xihe)	龍
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	虹
Beiliu	湴界, 彩虹
Beiliu (Tangliao)	虹
Baise	虹, 雙虹
Bobai	虹
Lingshan	龐虹
Pubei	龐虹
Qinzhou	天虹, 虹, 彩虹
Qinzhou (Xiaodong)	龐虹
Qinzhou (Changtan)	龐虹
Qinzhou (Nasi)	龐虹
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	虹
Beihai	天虹, 天橋
Beihai (Nankang)	拱
Beihai (Yingpan)	拱
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	拱
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	篷拱
Ningming	虹
Hezhou (Pumen)	虹
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	天弓
Chongzuo (Laituan)	天虹
Fusui (Qujiu)	蛤筒食水
Lingchuan (Yangjia)	龍虹
Pingle (Majia)	彩虹
Pingle (Shuishan)	虹
Danzhou	天虹
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	彩虹, 彩龍
Sarikei (Xinhui)	龍拱
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	彩虹
Móng Cái	天弓
Yangon (Taishan)	虹
Mandalay (Taishan)	鑊耳虹
Bangkok (Guangfu)	虹
Gan	Nanchang	虹
	Pengze	虹
	Yanshan	虹
	Lichuan	天虹, 天吊, 虹
	Pingxiang	虹
	Guixi	虹
Hakka	Meixian	天弓
	Xingning	天弓
	Fengshun (Liuhuang)	彩虹, 虹仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	彩虹, 青里
	Huidong (Daling)	天弓
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	天弓
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	天弓
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	天弓
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	天弓食水
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	虹
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	天弓
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	天弓
	Wuhua (Changbu)	天弓
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	天弓
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	虹
	Zijin	天弓
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	虹
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	天弓
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	龍
	Liannan	天虹
	Conghua (Lütian)	虹
	Jiexi	弓
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	虹
	Changting	虹
	Wuping	天弓
	Wuping (Yanqian)	天弓
	Wuping (Pingyu)	天弓
	Liancheng	虹
	Liancheng (Peitian)	天門神
	Ninghua	虹
	Yudu	虹
	Ningdu	虹
	Ruijin	虹
	Shicheng	虹
	Shangyou (Shexi)	虹
	Tonggu (Sandu)	天虹
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	虹
	Dayu	虹
	Taoyuan	天弓
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	天弓, 虹
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	天弓
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	天弓
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	天弓
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	天弓
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	虹
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	天弓
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	虹
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	虹
	Hong Kong	天弓
	Mengshan (Xihe)	虹
	Luchuan	天公虹
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	天公降水
	Bobai (Shahe)	天弓
	Bobai (Longtan)	天弓
	Bobai (Lingping)	天弓
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	天公食水
	Beiliu (Gonghe, Xilang)	天弓
	Xingye (Gaofeng)	天弓
	Mashan (Pianlian)	天公食水
	Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui)	虹
	Lipu (Shuangduitun)	彩虹
	Lipu (Dashigu)	彩虹, 月龍
	Pingle (Tong'an)	彩龍
	Guidong	天虹
Chengdu (Longtan)	天弓
Chengdu (Shiling)	天弓
Chengdu (Longwang)	天弓
Chengdu (Shibantan)	天弓
Chengdu (Xindu Subdistrict)	天弓, 虹
Sabah (Longchuan)	天弓
Senai (Huiyang)	天弓, 彩虹
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	弓
Singkawang	天弓
Pontianak (Meixian)	天弓
Mempawah (Meixian)	天弓
Medan (Metal - Meixian)	彩虹
Singapore (Meixian)	天弓
Singapore (Dabu)	彩虹
Bangkok (Meixian)	彩虹, 天弓
Bangkok (Fengshun)	弓
Bangkok (Jiexi)	弓
Huizhou	Jixi	日頭紅虹, 虹
	Shexian	虹, 彩虹
	Shexian (Xianggao)	虹
	Shexian (Daguyun)	虹
	Tunxi	虹
	Yixian	虹
	Qimen	虹
	Qimen (Anling Minhua)	虹
	Wuyuan	虹
	Fuliang	虹
	Dexing	彩虹
	Shitai (Xianyu)	虹
Jin	Taiyuan	虹
	Pingyao	虹
	Yangyuan	虹
	Datong	虹
	Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou)	虹
	Xinzhou	虹
	Lishi	虹
	Linfen	虹
	Changzhi	虹
	Taibus (Baochang)	虹
	Linhe	虹
	Jining	虹
	Hohhot	虹
	Baotou	虹
	Dongsheng	虹
	Haibowan	虹
	Erenhot	虹
	Pingshan	虹
	Zhangjiakou	虹
	Handan	虹
	Linzhou	虹
	Suide	虹, 水罐
	Zizhou	水罐
	Mizhi	虹
	Jiaxian	虹
	Wubu	水罐子
	Shenmu	虹
	Fugu	罐
	Yulin	虹
	Yulin (Hengshan)	虹
	Jingbian	虹
	Yan'an	虹
	Yan'an (Ansai)	虹
	Ganquan	虹
	Zhidan	虹
	Wuqi-J	虹
	Qingjian	虹
	Zichang	虹
	Yanchuan	虹
	Yanchang	吊水罐罐
Jiuxing Yumin	Jiande	鱟
	Jinhua	鱟
	Lanxi	鱟
	Tunxi	虹
Northern Min	Jian'ou	虹
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	虹
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	虹
	Pucheng (Shibei)	虹, 攔溪仔 dated
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	虹
	Fuqing	虹
	Gutian	虹
	Shouning	虹
	Matsu	虹
Southern Min	Xiamen	虹
	Quanzhou	虹
	Jinjiang	虹
	Yongchun	虹
	Zhangzhou	虹
	Hua'an	虹
	Dongshan	虹
	Taipei	虹
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	虹
	Kaohsiung	虹
	Yilan	虹
	Changhua (Lukang)	虹
	Taichung	虹
	Taichung (Wuqi)	虹
	Tainan	虹
	Taitung	虹
	Hsinchu	虹
	Kinmen	虹
	Penghu (Magong)	虹
	Penang (Hokkien)	虹
	Singapore (Hokkien)	虹
	Manila (Hokkien)	彩虹
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	天虹
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	虹
	Pingnan (Pingtian)	虹
	Pingnan (Sijie)	虹
	Guiping (Xiaowen)	虹, 彩虹
	Guiping (Dongsheng)	發紅雲
	Guilin (Biyange)	龍公
	Pingle (Zhoutang)	龍, 天橋
	Lechang (Tatou)	天虹
	Renhua (Changshabei)	天虹
	Yingde (Yuzui)	虹
	Yunan (Liantan)	龍, 虹
	Yuhuan (Kanmen)	虹
	Chaozhou	虹
	Shantou	虹
	Shantou (Chenghai)	虹
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	虹, 彩虹
	Jieyang	虹
	Haifeng	虹
	Bangkok (Teochew)	虹
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	彩虹
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	虹
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	虹
	Pontianak (Teochew)	虹
	Leizhou	虹
	Wenchang	虹
	Haikou	虹
	Wanning	虹
Puxian Min	Putian	虹
	Putian (Donghai)	虹
	Putian (Jiangkou)	虹
	Putian (Nanri)	虹
	Xianyou	虹
	Xianyou (Fengting)	虹
	Xianyou (Youyang)	虹
	Fuding (Aoyao)	虹
Central Min	Yong'an	虹
	Sanyuan	虹
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	播虹
	Sanxiang	跨篷
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	虹
	Nanning (Shajing)	虹
	Nanning (Gejiayuan)	虹
	Nanning (Zhegulu)	虹, 拱橋
	Nanning (Silian)	虹, 天虹
	Nanning (Xiuxiang)	虹
	Nanning (Sucun)	虹, 幹筒
	Binyang	虹, 龍虹
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	虹
	Hengzhou (Baihe)	龐虹
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	虹
	Guilin (Chaoyang)	虹
	Guilin (Dongbianzhou)	虹
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	虹
	Guilin (Dabu)	雨界
	Guilin (Yangjia)	龍
	Guilin (Qianjing)	雨虹
	Guilin (Wutong, Lingui)	江東龍, 龍虹
	Guilin (Huangsha, Lingui)	龍虹
	Guilin (Liangjiang, Lingui)	天龍, 彩圈
	Guilin (Liutang, Lingui)	虹
	Lingchuan (Sanjie)	虹
	Lingchuan (Gaoqiao)	虹
	Lingchuan (Gudong)	龍虹
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	虹
	Lingchuan (Shuangzhou)	彩虹, 虹
	Lingchuan (Gongping)	龍虹
	Guanyang (Guanyinge)	龍虹
	Pingle (Zhangjia)	虹
	Yangshuo (Putao)	雨虹
	Liucheng (Yangmei)	虹
	Luocheng (Niubi)	長虹
Shehua	Ningde	蛟龍
	Fu'an	蛟龍
	Fuding	蛟龍
	Zhouning	蛟龍
	Xiapu	蛟龍
	Shouning	虹
	Gutian	蛟龍
	Luoyuan	蛟龍
	Sanming	蛟龍
	Shunchang	蛟龍
	Hua'an	蛟龍
	Guixi (Zhangping)	蛟龍
	Yanshan (Taiyuan)	蛟龍
	Cangnan	蛟龍
	Jingning	蛟龍
	Lishui	蛟龍
	Longyou	蛟龍
	Hangzhou (Lin'an)	蛟龍
	Chaozhou	蛟龍
	Fengshun	蛟龍
Wu	Shanghai	虹, 彩虹, 鱟 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鱟
	Suzhou	鱟, 彩虹, 虹
	Wuxi	彩虹, 虹, 鱟
	Danyang	虹
	Hangzhou	鱟, 彩虹
	Hangzhou (Fuyang)	鱟
	Ningbo	鱟, 虹
	Linhai	鱟
	Yuhuan (Damaiyu)	鱟
	Yuhuan (Chumen)	鱟
	Wenzhou	鱟
	Songyang (Gushi)	鱟
	Longquan	鱟
	Jinhua	鱟, 彩虹
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	熯
Xiang	Changsha	虹
	Xiangtan	虹
	Xiangxiang	虹
	Xiangxiang (Meiqiao)	彩虹
	Loudi	虹
	Shuangfeng	虹
	Hengshan	虹, 雲虹
	Hengshan (Baiguo)	斗雨
	Jiangyong	蟲
	Quanzhou	彩虹
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	虹
	Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao)	虹

Derived terms

• 蛟龍得水／蛟龙得水

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蛟龍):

• → Japanese: 蛟(こう)龍(りゅう) (kōryū); 蛟(こう)龍(りょう) (kōryō)
• → Korean: 교룡(蛟龍) (gyoryong), 교용(蛟龍) (gyoyong)
• → Vietnamese: giao long (蛟龍)