龍鬚

Chinese

dragon; imperial; surname beard; moustache
trad. (龍鬚)
simp. (龙须)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (16)
Final () (7) (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter ljowng sju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɨoŋ/ /sɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/lioŋ/ /sio/
Shao
Rongfen
/lioŋ/ /sio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/luawŋ/ /suə̆/
Li
Rong
/lioŋ/ /sio/
Wang
Li
/lĭwoŋ/ /sĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/li̯woŋ/ /si̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lung4 seoi1

Noun

龍鬚

  1. (literally) dragon's beard
  2. (figurative) something long and thin, resembling dragon's beard
  3. (figurative, literary, historical) beard of emperors
  4. (Southern Min) cloth pulled on a coffin during a funeral procession
  5. Short for 龍鬚草龙须草 (“Chinese alpine rush; sabaigrass”).
  6. Short for 龍鬚席龙须席 (“mat made from sabaigrass”).

Derived terms

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