Long (Chinese surname) explained

Romanization:Mandarin: Long, Lung
Cantonese: Lung
Pronunciation:Mandarin:
Meaning:Dragon

Long[1] is the pinyin romanization of a few Chinese surnames. It includes Chinese: [[Wiktionary:龍|龍]] / Chinese: , which means "dragon" in Chinese, ranking number 80 on the list of common Chinese surnames in 2006, up from 108 in 1990. Another name transcribed as Long is Chinese: , which is very rare in contemporary China. In Hong Kong, these names are romanized as Lung. In Wade-Giles it is also romanized as Lung.

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Notes and References

  1. The approximate English pronunciation of the surname in Mandarin is .