龍鍾

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (龍鍾)		龍	鍾
simp. (龙钟)		龙	钟
alternative forms		龍鐘／龙钟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóngzhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ zung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóngzhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóngjhong
    • Wade–Giles: lung²-chung¹
    • Yale: lúng-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: longjong
    • Palladius: лунчжун (lunčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 隆中 龍鍾／龙钟

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁴ zung¹
    • Yale: lùhng jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ljowng tsyowng

Rime
Character	龍	鍾
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力鍾切	職容切
Baxter	ljowng	tsyowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨoŋ/	/t͡ɕɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/lioŋ/	/t͡ɕioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/lioŋ/	/t͡ɕioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luawŋ/	/cuawŋ/
Li Rong	/lioŋ/	/t͡ɕioŋ/
Wang Li	/lĭwoŋ/	/t͡ɕĭwoŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯woŋ/	/t͡ɕi̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóng	zhōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lung4	zung1

Adjective

龍鍾

1. (literary) senile; decrepit
2. (literary) crying

   • 故園東望路漫漫，雙袖龍鍾淚不乾。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     故园东望路漫漫，双袖龙钟泪不干。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 唐．岑參〈逢入京使〉

     Gùyuán dōng wàng lù mànmàn, shuāng xiù lóngzhōng lèi bùgān. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• 老態龍鍾／老态龙钟 (lǎotàilóngzhōng)
• 老邁龍鍾／老迈龙钟
• 龍鍾潦倒／龙钟潦倒