Long (Chinese surname)

Stroke order of the Chinese surname Long ()
RomanizationMandarin: Long, Lung
Cantonese: Lung
PronunciationMandarin: [ˈlʊ̌ŋ]
Origin
MeaningDragon

Long[1] is the pinyin romanization of a few Chinese surnames. It includes / , 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 , 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.

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