龍眼
See also: 龙眼
Chinese
dragon; imperial; surname | eye | ||
---|---|---|---|
trad. (龍眼) | 龍 | 眼 | |
simp. (龙眼) | 龙 | 眼 | |
Literally: “dragon eye”. |
Pronunciation
Synonyms
- (longan):
Dialectal synonyms of 龍眼 (“longan”) [map]
Derived terms
- 揀啊揀,揀著一個賣龍眼/揀啊揀,揀著一个賣龍眼/拣啊拣,拣着一个卖龙眼 (kéng--ah kéng, kéng-tio̍h chi̍t ê bē lêng-géng) (Hokkien)
- 龍眼乾/龙眼干
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (龍眼):
Others:
- → Bunun: lingkiing
- → English: longan, longyan
- → Finnish: longaani
- → French: longane
- → Indonesian: lengkeng
- → Kanakanabu: ringking
- → Lao: ລຳໃຍ (lam nyai)
- → Malay: longan
- → Paiwan: gingging
- → Puyuma: gingging
- → Rukai: ginggingi
- → Saaroa: lingikingi
- → Saisiyat: lingking
- → Taroko: lingking
- → Thai: ลำไย (lam-yai)
- → Thao: lingkii
- → Uyghur: луңйән (lungyen)
References
- “Entry #12140”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
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