Long (Chinese surname)

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

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