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龍眼

龍眼

See also: 龙眼

Chinese

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

Noun

龍眼

  1. longan

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 龍眼 (“longan”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 龍眼、龍目、荔枝奴、亞荔枝、驪珠、圓眼、益智、燕卵、蜜脾、鮫淚、川彈子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 龍眼
Taxonomic name 龍眼
Mandarin Beijing 桂圓
Taiwan 龍眼
Harbin 桂圓
Jinan 桂圓
Muping 龍眼
Luoyang 桂圓
Xi'an 圓圓
Xining 桂圓兒
Xuzhou 龍眼、龍眼兒、桂圓
Ürümqi 桂圓
Wuhan 桂圓
Chengdu 圓圓兒、桂圓、桂圓兒、龍眼、龍眼兒
Guiyang 桂圓、圓圓
Liuzhou 龍眼、龍眼果
Yangzhou 圓眼
Nanjing 桂圓
Hefei 圓圓
Malaysia 龍眼
Singapore 龍眼
Cantonese Guangzhou 龍眼、圓眼
Hong Kong 龍眼
Taishan 圓眼
Yangjiang 魚眼、龍眼
Gan Nanchang 桂圓、泡圓
Lichuan 頂圓
Pingxiang 桂圓、福圓
Hakka Meixian 牛眼、牛眼仔、龍眼
Xingning 牛眼哩
Huidong (Huizhou) 龍眼
Qujiang 圓肉
Xiaosanjiang 龍眼果
Changting 圓眼
Pingyu 龍眼
Wuping 龍眼
Liancheng 龍眼
Ninghua 泡圓
Yudu 泡圓、林眼子
Ruijin 圓眼
Shicheng 泡圓
Shangyou 泡圓
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 牛眼
Liudui (S. Sixian) 牛眼
Hsinchu (Hailu) 牛眼
Dongshi (Dabu) 牛眼
Zhuolan (Raoping) 牛眼
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 牛眼
Hui Jixi 桂圓
Jin Taiyuan 桂圓、龍眼
Min Bei Jian'ou 龍眼
Min Dong Fuzhou 龍眼
Min Nan Quanzhou 龍眼
Xiamen 龍眼
Zhangzhou 龍眼
Taipei 龍眼
Kaohsiung 龍眼
Tainan 龍眼
Taichung 龍眼
Yilan 龍眼
Lukang 龍眼
Sanxia 龍眼
Kinmen 龍眼
Magong 龍眼
Hsinchu 龍眼
Malaysia 龍眼
Chaozhou 肉眼
Haikou 龍眼
Pinghua Nanning 龍眼
Wu Shanghai 桂圓
Suzhou 桂圓
Hangzhou 桂圓
Wenzhou 圓眼、魁圓
Chongming 桂圓
Danyang 泡圓、桂圓
Jinhua 桂圓
Ningbo 桂圓
Xiang Changsha 桂圓
Shuangfeng 桂圓、泡圓
Loudi 泡圓、桂圓

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (龍眼):
  • Japanese: 竜眼 (りゅうがん) ‎(ryūgan)
  • Korean: 롱안 (龍眼, rong-an)
  • Vietnamese: long nhãn ‎(龍眼)

Others:

  • English: longan
  • French: longane
  • Indonesian: lengkeng

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lóngyǎn
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˇ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): lung4 ngaan5, lung4 ngaan5-2
  • Jin (Wiktionary): lung1 ngie2
  • Min Dong (BUC): lèng-ngēng
  • Min Nan (POJ): lêng-géng / gêng-géng / lêng-kéng / gêng-kéng / lêng-gán / gêng-gán / gêng-ngái / liâng-géng / liông-gán / ngúi-ngúi / liông-kán

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