Long (surname 龍)

龍

Stroke order of the Chinese surname Long (龍)
Romanization	Mandarin: Long, Lung Cantonese: Lung
Pronunciation	Mandarin: [ˈlʊ̌ŋ]
Origin
Meaning	Dragon

Long^[1] is the pinyin romanization of a Chinese surname. 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.

Notable people[]

• Long Ju (traditional Chinese: 龍且; simplified Chinese: 龙且), military general who served Xiang Yu during the Chu–Han Contention (died 203 BC)
• Long Qingquan (simplified Chinese: 龙清泉; traditional Chinese: 龍清泉), Chinese weightlifter
• Long Yan, (simplified Chinese: 龙艳; traditional Chinese: 龍艷; born 1973) Chinese former synchronized swimmer who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Long Yun (traditional Chinese: 龍雲; simplified Chinese: 龙云; 1884–1962), governor and warlord of the Chinese province of Yunnan
• James Lung Wai-man (龍緯汶) is the chairman of the Southern Democratic Alliance in Hong Kong
• Lung Ying-tai (Chinese: 龍應台; born 1952), Taiwanese essayist and cultural critic
• Anders Ljungstedt (traditional Chinese: 龍思泰; simplified Chinese: 龙思泰; pinyin: Lóng Sītài; 23 March 1759 – 10 November 1835) Swedish merchant and historian

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