臥龍崗

Chinese

		crouching dragon; Zhuge Liang	mound; policeman's beat
trad. (臥龍崗)		臥龍	崗
simp. (卧龙岗)		卧龙	岗
alternative forms		臥龍岡／卧龙冈 archaic
Literally: “Hillock of the Crouching Dragon”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wòlónggǎng, Wòlónggāng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄤˇ, ㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁶ lung⁴ gong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wòlónggǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wòlónggǎng
  - Wade–Giles: Wo⁴-lung²-kang³
  - Yale: Wò-lúng-gǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wohlonggaang
  - Palladius: Волунган (Volungan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹ lʊŋ³⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wòlónggāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wòlónggang
  - Wade–Giles: Wo⁴-lung²-kang¹
  - Yale: Wò-lúng-gāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wohlonggang
  - Palladius: Волунган (Volungan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹ lʊŋ³⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngo⁶ lung⁴ gong¹
  - Yale: ngoh lùhng gōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁶ lung⁴ gong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁶ lung⁴ gong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː²² lʊŋ²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

臥龍崗

Wolong Gang (place in Henan province of China where the sage Zhuge Liang lived)

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English Wollongong.

Proper noun

臥龍崗

(～市) Wollongong (a city in New South Wales, Australia)
臥龍崗大學／卧龙岗大学 ― Wòlónggǎng Dàxué ― University of Wollongong

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