龍眼

See also: 龙眼

Chinese

dragon; imperial; surname eye
trad. (龍眼) 龍 眼
simp. (龙眼) 龙 眼
Literally: “dragon eye”.
龍眼

Pronunciation


Note:
  • lêng5 ngang2 - literary;
  • nêg8 oin2 - vernacular (usually written as 肉眼).

Rime
Character 龍 眼
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 鍾 (7) 山 (73)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III II
Fanqie 力鍾切 五限切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɨoŋ/ /ŋˠɛnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/lioŋ/ /ŋᵚænX/
Shao
Rongfen
/lioŋ/ /ŋænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/luawŋ/ /ŋəɨnX/
Li
Rong
/lioŋ/ /ŋɛnX/
Wang
Li
/lĭwoŋ/ /ŋænX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/li̯woŋ/ /ŋănX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lóng yǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lung4 ngaan5

Noun

龍眼

  1. longan (Classifier: 顆/颗 m; 粒 c)
  2. (~葡萄) longyan (type of grape)

Synonyms

  • (longan):

Derived terms

  • 龍眼乾/龙眼干

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (龍眼):
  • → Japanese: 竜眼(りゅうがん) (ryūgan)
  • → Korean: 용안(龍眼) (yong'an), 룡안(龍眼) (ryong'an)
  • → Vietnamese: long nhãn (龍眼)

Others:

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
龍 眼
りゅう
Jinmeiyō
がん
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

龍(りゅう)眼(がん) • (ryūgan) 

  1. Kyūjitai form of 竜眼 (“longan”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
龍眼

Noun

龍眼 • (yong'an) (hangeul 용안)

  1. Hanja form? of 용안 (“longan”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
龍眼

Noun

龍眼

  1. chữ Hán form of long nhãn (“longan”).
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