(lóng): short for 吉隆坡, Kuala Lumpur, sound of drums, grand

(lóng) is a Chinese character meaning “short for 吉隆坡, kuala lumpur.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (structural). It ranks #1392 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. short for 吉隆坡, Kuala Lumpur
  2. sound of drums
  3. grand

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
kè lóng(biology) (loanword) to clone
lóng zhònggrand
kē lóngCologne, Germany
bù lóng díBurundi
lóng lóngrumble
xīng lóngprosperous
lóng qǐto swell
hōng lōng(onom.) rumbling
lóng déLongde county in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia
jí lóng pōKuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia
bā sài lóng nà(Tw) Barcelona, Spain
lóng dōngmidwinter
kā mài lóngCameroon
bù lōng bó géBlumberg or Bloomberg (name)
jí lóngGyirong county, Tibetan: Skyid grong rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
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Total compounds
34
As first character
29
As last character
37
As middle character

appears in 79 compound words: 34 as the first character, 29 as the last, and 37 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

dài
0.62610 co-occurrences
0.51832,985 co-occurrences
jiǎn
0.48510 co-occurrences
chá
0.47710 co-occurrences
0.47285,844 co-occurrences
0.46542,726 co-occurrences
shí
0.461112,230 co-occurrences
guān
0.45010 co-occurrences
0.44310,596 co-occurrences
0.4384,326 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (4)

BùlóngfāngdānHSK 7+

Bloemfontein (a major city and judicial capital of South Africa)

shēngyixīnglóngHSK 7+

thriving and prosperous business or trade (often as a greeting)

phrase
hēi gu lōng dōngHSK 7+

pitch-black; pitch-dark

phrase

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Example Sentences

AI-Generated

我在字典里查到了字的详细解释。

wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le lóng zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .

I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "隆" in the dictionary.

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jīn shān wān qū qiáo jiè xīn chūn tuán bài gòng zhù tái wān guó yùn chāng lóng

Jinshan Bay Area Overseas Chinese New Year Group Worship Wishing Taiwan a prosperous national fortune

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yīn pín gé lóng huì 2 . 2 5 pán qián yāo diǎn — gǎng A měi gǔ nǐ xū yāo guān zhù de . . .

Audio | Gelonghui 2.25 pre-market points - Hong Kong A US stocks you need to pay attention to...

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广角镜/基小提灯 飞天马PK旋转木马

guǎng jiǎo jìng jī lóng xiǎo tí dēng fēi tiān mǎ P K xuán zhuǎn mù mǎ

Wide-angle lens/Keelung lantern Flying Pegasus PK carousel

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全面打造儿少友善城市 一站式服务窗口守护...

jī lóng quán miàn dǎ zào ér shǎo yǒu shàn chéng shì yī zhàn shì fú wù chuāng kǒu shǒu hù . . .

Keelung comprehensively builds a child-friendly city with a one-stop service window to guard...

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小提灯 飞天马PK旋转木马

jī lóng xiǎo tí dēng fēi tiān mǎ P K xuán zhuǎn mù mǎ

Keelung lantern Flying Pegasus PK carousel

Tatoeba

·马斯克是纳粹分子。

Yīlóng Mǎsīkè shì nàcuì fēnzǐ.

Elon Musk is a Nazi.

Tatoeba

埃翁多语是客麦埃翁多部落所说的语言。

āi wēng duō yǔ shì kè mài lōng āi wēng duō bùluò suǒ shuō de yǔyán.

Ewondo is the language spoken by the Ewondo tribe of Cameroon.

Tatoeba

他从台北开车到基只花了四十分钟。

Tā cóng Táiběi kāichē dào Jīlóng zhǐ huā le sìshí fēnzhōng.

He drove from Taipei to Keelung in just forty minutes.

Tatoeba

的海鲜餐厅非常有名。

Jīlóng de hǎixiān cāntīng fēicháng yǒumíng.

The seafood restaurants in Keelung are very famous.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced lóng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 隆 (lóng) mean in Chinese?
隆 (lóng) primarily means "short for 吉隆坡, kuala lumpur." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #1392 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 隆 and 长?
隆 (lóng) and 长 (cháng) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 隆 (short) vs 长 (long).
How many strokes does 隆 have?
隆 is written with 11 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 隆?
The radical associated with 隆 is 阝 (mound). This radical appears in many characters related to mound.
What are the components of 隆?
隆 is composed of: 阝 (structural), undefined (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰阝⿳夂一生 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 隆?
Common words with 隆 include: 克隆 (kè lóng, "(biology) (loanword) to clone"); 隆重 (lóng zhòng, "grand"); 科隆 (kē lóng, "Cologne, Germany"); 布隆迪 (bù lóng dí, "Burundi"); 隆隆 (lóng lóng, "rumble"). There are over 79 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 隆 (lóng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation lóng: 龙 (Chinese dragon), 咙 (used in 喉嚨|喉咙), 胧 (used in 朦朧|朦胧), 笼 (enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc), and 4 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 隆 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 隆 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.