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龙年
lóngnián
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English DefinitionYear of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc)
Simplified Script龙年
Traditional Script龍年
Pinyinlóngnián
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping)lung4nin4
Part of Speech(名) noun
Word Decomposition
龙lóngdragon; imperial; (Chinese surname)
年niányear; (Chinese surname)

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Words With Same Head Word    
龙头lóngtóufaucet; water tap; bicycle handle bar; chief (esp. of gang); boss; decision maker; (market) leader (of companies); front end of mud-flow; figurehead on prow of dragon boat 龙船
龙虎lónghǔoutstanding people; water and fire (in Daoist writing)
龙门lóngménLongmen county in Huizhou 惠州, Guangdong; mythical Dragon gate where a carp can transform into a dragon
龙马精神lóng mǎ jīngshénold but still full of vitality (idiom)
龙虾lóngxiālobster
Words With Same Tail Word    
今年jīnniánthis year
去年qùniánlast year
明年míngniánnext year
前年qiánniánthe year before last
后年hòuniánthe year after next
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