# 魚龍
## Chinese

* 魚龍

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yúlóng
    (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu$^4$ lung$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yúlóng
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yúlóng
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^2$-lung$^2$
*** Yale: yú-lúng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yulong
*** Palladius: юйлун (jujlun)
*** Sinological IPA : /y³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyu$^4$ lung$^4$
*** Yale: yùh lùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jy$^4$ lung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yu$^4$ lung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyː²¹ lʊŋ²¹/
* Middle Chinese: ngjo ljowng
Rime :
| Character | 魚 | 龍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) | 鍾 (7) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 語居切 | 力鍾切 |
| Baxter | ngjo | ljowng |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋɨʌ/ | /lɨoŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋiɔ/ | /lioŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋiɔ/ | /lioŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋɨə̆/ | /luawŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋiɔ/ | /lioŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋĭo/ | /lĭwoŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋi̯wo/ | /li̯woŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yú | lóng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyu$^4$ | lung$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r.ŋ]a [mə]-roŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋa b·roŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 魚 | 龍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yú | lóng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ngjo › | ‹ ljowng › |
| Old Chinese | /*[r.ŋ]a/ | /*[mə]-roŋ/ |
| English | fish (n.) | dragon |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 魚 | 龍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| No. | 15939 | 8436 |
| Phonetic component | 魚 | 龍 |
| Rime group | 魚 | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 魚 | 龍 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋa/ | /*b·roŋ/ |

### Noun

魚龍
* (paleontology) ichthyosaur
* Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 魚 / 鱼 (yú),‎ 龍 / 龙 (lóng).
** (poetic) aquatic creatures; fishes
    From: c. 3rd century, Ji Kang (嵇康), Poems Presented to My Elder Brother the Cultivated Talent on His Entry into the Army (《贈兄秀才入軍詩》). Translated by Stephen Owen and Wendy Swartz.
    Yúlóng chánzhuó, shānniǎo qúnfēi. [Pinyin]
    Scaled fish swish softly in the water; Mountain birds fly in flocks.
    From: c. 8th century, Qian Qi (錢起), Farewell to a Japanese Buddhist Priest Bound Homeward (《送僧歸日本》), translated by Witter Bynner.
    Shuǐyuè tōng chánjì, yúlóng tīng fànshēng. [Pinyin]
    The water and the moon are as calm as your faith, Fishes and dragons follow your chanting.

#### Derived terms

* 魚龍混雜 / 鱼龙混杂 (yúlónghùnzá)

#### See also

* 恐龍／恐龙 (kǒnglóng)
* 翼龍／翼龙 (yìlóng)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 魚 | 龍 |
| ぎょ Grade: 2 | りゅう Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 魚龍 – see the following entry. :
| 【魚竜ぎょりゅう】 | [noun] an ichthyosaur |
(This term, 魚龍, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 魚 | 龍 |

### Noun

魚龍 • (eoryong or McCune-Reischauer: ŏryong or Yale: elyong) (hangeul 어룡)
* hanja form of 어룡 (“ichthyosaur”)