龍體

See also: 龙体

Chinese

		dragon; imperial; surname	body; form; style body; form; style; system
trad. (龍體)		龍	體
simp. (龙体)		龙	体
Literally: “dragon's body”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóngtǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ tai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liông-thé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóngtǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóngtǐ
    • Wade–Giles: lung²-tʻi³
    • Yale: lúng-tǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: longtii
    • Palladius: лунти (lunti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁴ tai²
    • Yale: lùhng tái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ tai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ tei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ tʰɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông-thé
    • Tâi-lô: liông-thé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liongtea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ²³⁻³³ tʰe⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰe⁵³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 龍體

1. (archaic, used of a male monarch) body; physical condition

   • 皇上龍體違和，正需要靜養。懇請皇太后垂簾聽政，以安天下人心！ [MSC, trad.]
     皇上龙体违和，正需要静养。恳请皇太后垂帘听政，以安天下人心！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: The Firmament of the Pleiades

     Huángshàng lóngtǐ wéihé, zhèng xūyào jìngyǎng. Kěnqǐng huángtàihòu chuíliántīngzhèng, yǐ ān tiānxià rénxīn! [Pinyin]

     His Majesty's imperial body is unwell and now needs rest. We humbly beg Empress Dowager to rule the empire from behind the curtain, so as to pacify public sentiment throughout this realm under heaven!

Related terms

• 鳳體／凤体