天龍人

See also: 天龙人

Chinese

	dragon of the sky; heavenly dragon, celestial dragon	man; person; people
trad. (天龍人)	天龍	人
simp. (天龙人)	天龙	人
Literally: “heaven dragon folk”.

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 天竜人(てんりゅうびと) (tenryūbito), the arrogant ruling elites in the Japanese manga One Piece.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānlóngrén

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānlóngrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianlóngrén
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-lung²-jên²
  - Yale: tyān-lúng-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianlongren
  - Palladius: тяньлунжэнь (tjanʹlunžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/

Noun

天龍人

(Taiwan, Internet slang, ironic) one who resides in Taipei; high-class Taipei residents
- 有天龍人驚世發言「台北才是人住的」讓網友全傻眼。 [MSC, trad.]
  有天龙人惊世发言「台北才是人住的」让网友全傻眼。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2020 January 16, 聯合新聞網, 「台北才是人住的」天龍人驚世發言讓網友全傻眼
  Yǒu tiānlóngrén jīngshì fāyán “táiběi cái shì rén zhù de” ràng wǎngyǒu quán shǎyǎn. [Pinyin]
  A Taipei resident made an astounding statement that "Taipei is the only place that human can live" shocked all of netizens.
(Taiwan, Internet slang, ironic, by extension) snobby arrogant elites
- 鄉民們講到天龍人標準印象就是高高在上 [MSC, trad.]
  乡民们讲到天龙人标准印象就是高高在上 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2017 December 13, 松音, 【動漫物語】那些天龍人的故事：航海王的特權階級與仇恨
  xiāngmín men jiǎngdào tiānlóngrén biāozhǔn yìnxiàng jiùshì gāogāozàishàng [Pinyin]
  A criterion image of arrogant elites for netizens is seeing themselves high above the masses.
(Mainland China, Internet slang, ironic) the descendants of privileged political and business elites
- 一些人將她形容為「天龍人」，意指享有特權的政商權貴後代。 [MSC, trad.]
  一些人将她形容为「天龙人」，意指享有特权的政商权贵后代。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2025 August 11, 楊蘭蘭身世在中國引發關注　澳洲司法部門否認天價保釋金傳聞
  Yīxiē rén jiāng tā xíngróng wèi “tiānlóngrén”, yì zhǐ xiǎngyǒu tèquán de zhèngshāng quánguì hòudài. [Pinyin]
  Some describe her as a Tianlongren, referring to the descendants of privileged political and business elites.

Related terms

天龍國 / 天龙国 (Tiānlóngguó)