HSK 5 · Nature

龙 lóng “dragon” in Chinese

Traditional 龍

What 龙 means

  1. dragon
  2. Chinese dragon
  3. loong
  4. (fig.) emperor
  5. (bound form) dinosaur

How to say 龙

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale龙lóng2nd tone, rising

龙 in a sentence

  1. 龙是中国的文化图腾。

    Lóng shì Zhōngguó de wénhuà túténg.

    The dragon is a cultural emblem of China.

    Sentence #5673891 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 龙是人幻想出来的动物。

    Lóng shì rén huànxiǎng chūlai de dòngwù.

    The dragon is an imaginary animal.

    Sentence #346702 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 龙年结束了。

    Lóng nián jiéshù le.

    The Year of the Dragon has ended.

    Sentence #3377875 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 龙 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 龙 (lóng) with each of its parts in a different colour
龙lóngChinese dragon; loong
  • 尤especially · yóu
  • 丿slash · piě

How to write 龙

龙 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

龙 (lóng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 龙 (lóng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 龙

Words with 龙

水龙头shuǐlóngtóu · tap

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FAQs

龙 (lóng) means “dragon” or “Chinese dragon”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it lóng: lóng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 龙 is written 龍. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type long with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 龙 from the suggestions. Typing long into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
龙 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.