| 龙门石窟 |
Lóng mén Shí kū |
Longmen Grottoes at Luoyang 洛阳, Henan |
| 龙 |
Lóng |
surname Long |
| 龙 |
lóng |
Chinese dragon; loong / (fig.) emperor / dragon / (bound form) dinosaur |
| 龙门 |
Lóng mén |
Longmen county in Huizhou 惠州, Guangdong / mythical Dragon gate where a carp can transform into a dragon |
| 门 |
Mén |
surname Men |
| 门 |
mén |
gate / door / CL:扇 / gateway / doorway / CL:个 / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) |
| 石 |
Shí |
surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家庄, the capital of Hebei |
| 石 |
dàn |
dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗; one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2] |
| 石 |
shí |
rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 |
| 石窟 |
shí kū |
rock cave / grotto / cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues) |
| 窟 |
kū |
cave / hole |