Chinese Word of the Day
龙卷风lóng juǎn fēng
tornado
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 龙卷风 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 龍捲風 | ||
| 龍捲風 | lóngjuǎnfēng | |
| 1. n. (weather) tornado; cyclone; twister; hurricane | ||
| 2. n. (figurative) something that is transient or short-lived | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| tornado | ||
| 1. 龙卷风 | ||
| Components | ||
| 龙 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 龍 | ||
| 龍 | lóng | |
| 1. (mythology) Chinese dragon | ||
| 2. (mythology) Western dragon | ||
| 3. (figurative) emperor; sovereign; king; of the emperor | ||
| 龍椅 (lóngyǐ) - imperial chair | ||
| 4. (figurative) chief; hero; towering figure | ||
| 5. (by extension) dragon-shaped object; long object | ||
| 6. (by extension) dragon-adorned object | ||
| 7. (zoology, palaeontology) extinct reptilian creature; -saur | ||
| 恐龍 (kǒnglóng) - dinosaur | ||
| 翼手龍 (yìshǒulóng) - pterodactyl | ||
| 8. (Min Dong) to become clear-minded; to be revitalised | ||
| 9. (Cantonese, soccer, and, other sports) goal | ||
| 10. (Cantonese, soccer, and, other sports) goalkeeper | ||
| 11. (figurative) queue; line | ||
| 排長龍 - to form a long queue | ||
| 12. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) money | ||
| 13. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) snake meat | ||
| 14. (Shanghainese Wu, slang) a hundred of a currency designation | ||
| Synonyms: 籠 | ||
| 龍 雲 (Lóng Yún) - Long Yun (Yunnan warlord) | ||
| 卷 | juǎn | |
| 1. Alternative form of 捲 (to roll up; to roll) | ||
| 2. Alternative form of 捲 (to sweep up; to carry along; to sweep away) | ||
| 3. Alternative form of 捲 (to embroil; to involve) | ||
| 4. Alternative form of 捲 (roll; cylinder; tube; scroll) | ||
| 5. (neologism, slang) Short for 內卷, intense competition among peers; to study harder or work longer as a result | ||
| 6. reel of books | ||
| 7. book; scroll | ||
| 8. volume; chapter; fascicle | ||
| 9. (computing) volume (attention, zh, is this definition under the right pronunciation?) | ||
| 新-加 卷juàn - new volume | ||
| 10. examination paper | ||
| 11. Alternative form of 婘 (fine; good) | ||
| 12. Variant of 券 | ||
| 券 | 券 | |
| 1. (historical) title deed; deed of trust; bond; contract | ||
| 2. ticket; pass; coupon; voucher; certificate | ||
| 入場券 - admission ticket | ||
| 3. (architecture) arch (on bridges, doors, windows) | ||
| 风 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 風 | ||
| 風 | fēng | |
| 1. wind | ||
| 風雨 (fēngyǔ) - wind and rain; hardships | ||
| 狂風 (kuángfēng) - gale | ||
| 外面 風 很 大 (wàimiàn fēng hěn dà) - It's very windy outside. | ||
| 2. to air-dry | ||
| 3. (in compounds) air-dried | ||
| 風雞 (fēngjī) - air-dried chicken | ||
| 4. general mood; custom | ||
| 風俗 (fēngsú) - customs | ||
| 歪風 (wāifēng) - unhealthy trend | ||
| 5. demeanour | ||
| 風範 (fēngfàn) - manner | ||
| 風度 (fēngdù) - elegance | ||
| 6. cultivation; moralisation | ||
| 風教 (fēngjiào) - cultivation | ||
| 7. style; manner | ||
| 風格 (fēnggé) - style | ||
| 文風 (wénfēng) - writing style | ||
| 8. (in compounds) scene; scenery | ||
| 風景 (fēngjǐng) - scenery | ||
| 風光 (fēngguāng) - scenery | ||
| 風物 (fēngwù) - scenery | ||
| 9. news; information | ||
| 風聲 (fēngshēng) - news | ||
| 通風報信 (tōngfēngbàoxìn) - to secretly pass on information to others | ||
| 聞風而動 (wénfēng'érdòng) - to act at once on hearing the news | ||
| 10. love; affection; to become sexually attracted; to copulate | ||
| 風月 (fēngyuè) - romance | ||
| 風情 (fēngqíng) - amorous feelings | ||
| 風.馬.牛.不.相及 (fēng mǎ niú bù xiàngjí) - irrelevant | ||
| 11. dissolute; promiscuous | ||
| 風流 (fēngliú) - dissolute | ||
| 風騷 (fēngsāo) - flirtatious behaviour | ||
| 12. ungrounded; baseless | ||
| 風言風語 (fēngyánfēngyǔ) - slanderous gossip | ||
| 13. one of the three sections of Shijing, consisting of ballads | ||
| 14. (in general) folk song; ballad | ||
| 采風 (cǎifēng) - to collect folk songs | ||
| 15. (obsolete) Alternative form of 瘋 (mad; insane) | ||
| 風病 (fēngbìng) - psychiatric illness | ||
| 16. (TCM) one of the "Six Excesses" (tr=-) that cause diseases in traditional Chinese medicine | ||
| 風寒 (fēnghán) - wind chill | ||
| 風濕 (fēngshī) - rheumatic | ||
| 17. (TCM) a type of diseases that are typically acute | ||
| 痛風 (tòngfēng) - gout | ||
| 中zhòng風 (zhòngfēng) - stroke | ||
| 18. (Cantonese) rumour | ||
| 19. (Cantonese) Short for 颱風, typhoon, tr=- | ||
| 20. (Hokkien) minty | ||
| 21. (Philippines Hokkien) spicy | ||
| 22. . Feng; Fung | ||
| 23. (obsolete) to blow; to fan | ||
| 24. (obsolete) to influence; to reform a misguided person through persuasion | ||
| 風民 (fèngmín) - to cultivate the masses | ||
| 風fěng勸 (fěngquàn) - to advise | ||
| 風fěng諭 (fěngyù) - to advise in mild tone | ||
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Pronunciation
lóng juǎn fēng
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