dragon in Chinese

How to write 龙

Animated stroke order. Tap a character to replay its stroke order.

龙 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 5. An advanced band: enough to read newspapers and watch films.

龙 in a sentence

• 龙lóng是shì中zhōng国guó的de象xiàng征zhēng。

  The dragon is a symbol of China.

• 中zhōng国guó人rén很hěn喜xǐ欢huān龙lóng。

  Chinese people love dragons.

• 传chuán说shuō中zhōng的de龙lóng会huì飞fēi。

  Legendary dragons can fly.

• 龙lóng舟zhōu比bǐ赛sài很hěn热rè闹nào。

  Dragon boat races are lively.

龙 vs 恐龙 vs 龙卷风

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 恐龙 kǒng lóng dinosaur

  'Fear-dragon' — dinosaurs borrowed the dragon character. A 龙 is mythical and auspicious; a 恐龙 is extinct.

• 龙卷风 lóng juǎn fēng tornado

  'Dragon-curling-wind' — a tornado. Another word where 龙 shows up unexpectedly.