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

隆 (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 阝 (structural), 夂 (structural), 一 (structural) and 生 (structural). It ranks #1392 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Spoken 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
克隆verbkè lóng(biology) (loanword) to clone
隆重adjectivelóng zhònggrand
科隆proper-nounkē lóngCologne, Germany
布隆迪proper-nounbù lóng díBurundi
隆隆adjectivelóng lóngrumble
兴隆adjectivexīng lóngprosperous
隆起verblóng qǐto swell
轰隆nounhōng lōng(onom.) rumbling
隆德proper-nounlóng désee 隆德縣|隆德县
吉隆坡proper-nounjí lóng pōKuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia
巴塞隆纳proper-nounbā sài lóng nà(Tw) Barcelona, Spain
隆冬nounlóng dōngmidwinter
喀麦隆proper-nounkā mài lóngCameroon
布隆伯格bù lōng bó géBlumberg or Bloomberg (name)
吉隆proper-nounjí lóngsee 吉隆縣|吉隆县
87
Total compounds
36
As first character
29
As last character
36
As middle character

隆 appears in 87 compound words: 36 as the first character, 29 as the last, and 36 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 隆 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

钧jūn
0.57212 co-occurrences
渝yú
0.55312 co-occurrences
坡pō
0.51510,994 co-occurrences
基jī
0.46928,681 co-occurrences
贷dài
0.46318 co-occurrences
吉jí
0.45814,242 co-occurrences
十shí
0.45437,410 co-occurrences
裕yù
0.4373,532 co-occurrences
庇bì
0.4321,442 co-occurrences
押yā
0.42813 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (4)

布隆方丹BùlóngfāngdānHSK 7+

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

生意兴隆shēngyixīnglóngHSK 7+

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

phrase
黑咕隆咚hēi gu lōng dōngHSK 7+

pitch-black; pitch-dark

phrase

Showing 3 of 4 idioms containing 隆.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

我在字典里查到了隆字的详细解释。

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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金山湾区侨界新春团拜 共祝台湾国运昌隆

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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音频 | 格隆汇2.25盘前要点—港A美股你需要关注的...

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/基隆小提灯 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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基隆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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基隆小提灯 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

伊隆·马斯克是纳粹分子。

Yīlóng Mǎsīkè shì nàcuì fēnzǐ.

Elon Musk is a Nazi.

Tatoeba

埃翁多语是客麦隆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

他从台北开车到基隆只花了四十分钟。

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

He drove from Taipei to Keelung in just forty minutes.

Tatoeba

基隆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), 夂 (structural), 一 (structural), 生 (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 87 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 隆 (lóng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation lóng: 龙 (Chinese dragon), 笼 (enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc), 拢 (to gather together), 咙 (used in 喉嚨|喉咙), 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.