龍鬚

Chinese

		dragon; imperial; surname	beard; moustache
trad. (龍鬚)		龍	鬚
simp. (龙须)		龙	须

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóngxū

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ sou¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-chhiu / liông-chhiu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóngxū
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóngsyu
    • Wade–Giles: lung²-hsü¹
    • Yale: lúng-syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: longshiu
    • Palladius: лунсюй (lunsjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁴ sou¹
    • Yale: lùhng sōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ sou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ sou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ sou̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-chhiu
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-tshiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengchiw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông-chhiu
    • Tâi-lô: liông-tshiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liongchiw
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: ljowng sju

Rime
Character	龍	鬚
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力鍾切	相俞切
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯woŋ/	/si̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóng	xū
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”)

Synonyms

• (alpine rush): (Xinzhou Jin) 龍幾／龙几

Derived terms

• 拔龍鬚 / 拔龙须
• 搝龍鬚 / 搝龙须
• 龍鬚友 / 龙须友
• 龍鬚席 / 龙须席
• 龍鬚水 / 龙须水
• 龍鬚溝 / 龙须沟
• 龍鬚糖 / 龙须糖 (lóngxūtáng)
• 龍鬚草 / 龙须草
• 龍鬚菜 / 龙须菜 (lóngxūcài)
• 龍鬚麵 / 龙须面 (lóngxūmiàn)