龙山 (Lóng shān) — Longshan (place name, e.g., a county in Hunan or a former district in Keelung, Taiwan)

Definition

noun
Longshan (place name, e.g., a county in Hunan or a former district in Keelung, Taiwan)

Examples

  • 龙山。
    Wǒ qù nián qù le yí tàng Lóng shān.
    I went to Longshan last year.
  • 龙山。
    Lóng shān De fēng jǐng fēi cháng yōu měi.
    The scenery of Longshan is very beautiful.
  • 龙山。
    Tā chū shēng zài Lóng shān de yí gè xiǎo zhèn shàng.
    He was born in a small town in Longshan.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

龙lóngdragon
山shānmountain

The place name 龙山 joins 龙, dragon, with 山, mountain, to mean Dragon Mountain.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 龍; 龙 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 龍 originally drew a sacred creature with a large mouth and a snake-like body; the simplified 龙 is the form written here.

Open 龙 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

山 shows three mountain peaks side by side.

Open 山 →

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