龍衣

Chinese

		dragon; imperial; surname	gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear
trad. (龍衣)		龍	衣
simp. (龙衣)		龙	衣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lóngyī

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄧ
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lon-i

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lóngyī
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lóngyi
  - Wade–Giles: lung²-i¹
  - Yale: lúng-yī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: longi
  - Palladius: лунъи (lunʺi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lon-i
  - MiniDict: lon^去 i
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lon-i
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /loŋ²² i⁴⁴/

Noun

龍衣

(literary) robe of an emperor
(Shanghainese) skin that a snake sheds; snake exuvia

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蛇蛻 (“snake slough”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蛇蛻
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	蛇蛻
Gan	Nanchang	蛇瞘
	Pengze	蛇蛻瞘
	Lichuan	蛇瞘
	Pingxiang	蛇皮
Huizhou	Jixi	蛇皮, 蛇殼
Jin	Xinzhou	蛇皮
Southern Min	Xiamen	蛇蛻
	Yongchun	蛇殼
	Leizhou	蛇殼
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蛇蛻殼
Wu	Shanghai	蛇蛻, 龍衣
	Suzhou	蛇殼
	Hangzhou	蛇衣, 蛇殼兒