# 九龍
## Chinese

* 九龍 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 九龍 (Cantonese)
* 九龍 (Classical)
* Kiú-liùng (Hakka)
* Giū-lṳ̀ng (Eastern Min)
* Kiú-liông (Southern Min)
* 九龍 (Wu)

### Etymology
#### "Kowloon"

    Attested in 粵大記 [1595] as 九龍山／九龙山 (Jiǔlóngshān), situated between 尖沙嘴 and 官富巡司.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiǔlóng
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gau$^2$ lung$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiú-liùng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kiú-liông
    (Teochew, Peng'im): giu$^2$ lêng$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$cieu-lon
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔlóng
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒulóng
*** Wade–Giles: chiu$^3$-lung$^2$
*** Yale: jyǒu-lúng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeoulong
*** Palladius: цзюлун (czjulun)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gau$^2$ lung$^4$
*** Yale: gáu lùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gau$^2$ lung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: geo$^2$ lung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐu̯³⁵ lʊŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiú-liùng
*** Hakka Romanization System: giu$^ˋ$ liung$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: giu$^3$ liung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯u³¹ li̯uŋ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiú-liông
*** Tâi-lô: kiú-liông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kiwlioong
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: giu$^2$ lêng$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiú lêng
*** Sinological IPA : /kiu⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$cieu-lon
*** MiniDict: cieu$^去$ lon
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$jieu-lon
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɤ³³ loŋ⁴⁴/

### Noun

九龍
* (Chinese mythology) nine dragons that were able to control water resources to prevent flooding
* (Chinese mythology) beast ridden by immortals
* (literary, figurative, laudatory) nine men from the same school or family

#### Derived terms

* 九龍坡 / 九龙坡 (Jiǔlóngpō)
* 九龍壁 / 九龙壁
* 九龍山 / 九龙山 (Jiǔlóngshān)
* 九龍江 / 九龙江 (Jiǔlóng Jiāng)

### Proper noun

九龍
* Kowloon (an urban area of Hong Kong)
* (～江) Jiulong River (a river in southern Fujian)
* (～縣) Jiulong (a county of Garzê prefecture, Sichuan)

#### Synonyms

* (river): 北溪 (Běixī) (upper reaches, above the confluence with the Xixi); 龍江／龙江 (Lóngjiāng) (obsolete or historical)

#### Derived terms

* 九龍仔 / 九龙仔 (Jiǔlóngzǎi)
* 九龍半島 / 九龙半岛 (Jiǔlóng Bàndǎo)
* 九龍城 / 九龙城 (Jiǔlóngchéng)
* 九龍城寨 / 九龙城寨 (Jiǔlóngchéngzhài)
* 九龍塘 / 九龙塘 (Jiǔlóngtáng)
* 九龍寨城 / 九龙寨城 (Jiǔlóngzhàichéng)
* 九龍灣 / 九龙湾 (Jiǔlóngwān)
* 港九 (Gǎng-Jiǔ)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 九龍(きゅうりゅう) (Kyūryū)
* → Korean: 구룡(九龍) (Guryong)
* → Vietnamese: Cửu Long (九龍)
Others:
* English: Kowloon
* Japanese: 九龍(クーロン) (Kūron), 九龍(カウロン) (Kauron)
* Korean: 주룽 (jurung)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 九 | 龍 |
| きゅう Grade: 1 | りゅう Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi ||
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 九龍 / 九龙 (jiǔlóng).

#### Proper noun

九(きゅう)龍(りゅう) • (Kyūryū)
* Kowloon

#### See also

* 九竜

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 九 | 龍 |
| かう Grade: 1 | ろん Jinmeiyō |
| irregular ||
Kanji in this term :
| 九 | 龍 |
| くー Grade: 1 | ろん Jinmeiyō |
| irregular ||
Borrowed from Cantonese 九龍 / 九龙 (gau$^2$ lung$^4$).

#### Proper noun

九龍(クーロン) or 九龍(カウロン) • (Kūron or Kauron)
* Kowloon