How to say “dragon” in Chinese

“Dragon” in Chinese is 龙, lóng: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

龙 is read lóng. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

How to write it

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “龙”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 龙. Tap the sound icon to listen.

• 在中国文化里龙象征力量和好运zàiZhōngguówénhuàli,lóngxiàngzhēnglìliànghéhǎoyùnIn Chinese culture the dragon symbolizes strength and good luck.
• 他是龙年出生的tāshìlóngniánchūshēngdeHe was born in the Year of the Dragon.
• 在现实中龙并不存在zàixiànshízhōng,lóngbìngbùcúnzàiIn reality, dragons don't exist.
• 你觉得真的有龙吗？nǐjuédezhēndeyǒulóngmaDo you think dragons really exist?
• 相传，很久以前这里住着一条龙。xiāngchuán,hěnjiǔyǐqiánzhèlǐzhùzheyìtiáolóngLegend has it that long, long ago a dragon lived here.
• 相传这座山上有龙xiāngchuánzhèzuòshānshangyǒulóngLegend has it there’s a dragon on this mountain.

More characters by topic — happiness, luck, strength, nature — on the page “Chinese characters with meanings”.

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