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龙

lóng · long/Lóng · long

Traditional 龍

HSK 3Old HSK 5

Meaning

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lóng 龍

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

Lóng 龍

  1. surname Long
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The sugar dragon

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)看(kàn)，这位(zhèwèi)爷爷(yéye)在(zài)画(huà)一条(yītiáo)龙(lóng)。

    Dengdeng, look. This grandpa is drawing a dragon.

  2. Dengdeng

    这(zhè)是(shì)糖画(tánghuà)，用(yòng)糖(táng)做(zuò)的(de)龙(lóng)。你(nǐ)属(shǔ)什么(shénme)？

    This is sugar painting, a dragon made of sugar. What is your zodiac animal?

  3. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)属(shǔ)龙(lóng)，我(wǒ)要(yào)买(mǎi)一个(yīgè)。

    I was born in the year of the dragon. I want to buy one.

  4. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)吃(chī)了(le)就(jiù)没有(méiyǒu)了(le)。

    But once you eat it, it is gone.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)我(wǒ)先(xiān)拍照(pāizhào)，再(zài)吃(chī)龙(lóng)。

    Then I will take a photo first and eat the dragon afterwards.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

书(shū)里(lǐ)讲(jiǎng)的(de)是(shì)一(yì)条(tiáo)不(bú)会(huì)喷(pēn)火(huǒ)的(de)龙(lóng)的(de)故(gù)事(shi)。

The book tells the story of a dragon that can't breathe fire.

Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by mervert1 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

龙(lóng)是(shì)人(rén)幻(huàn)想(xiǎng)出(chū)来(lái)的(de)生(shēng)物(wù)。

The dragon is an imaginary creature.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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