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Feilong

Feilong (simplified Chinese: 飞龙; traditional Chinese: 飛龍; pinyin: fēilóng; Wade–Giles: fei lung; lit. "flying dragon") is a winged legendary creature that flies among clouds in Chinese mythology. The proper name Feilong applies to people, fictional characters, places, martial art techniques, military weapons, and a pterosaur.

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Word

The Chinese dragon name feilong combines fei 飛 or 飞 "fly; flying; hover; flutter" and long 龍 or 龙 "dragon". This loanword 飛龍 is pronounced as Japanese hiryū, Korean piyong 비용, and Vietnamese philong. The inverted Longfei 龍飛 was an era name (396-399 CE) during the Later Liang Dynasty.

The (121 CE) Shuowen Jiezi, the first Chinese character dictionary, uses feilong to define da 龖 (written with 2 龍 dragons) "flying dragon; appearance of a dragon in flight".

Proper names

Feilong, Hiryū, and Flying Dragon commonly occur in names.

Chinese Feilong Flying Dragon is used to name.

  • Feilong, a jumping kick in martial arts
  • Feilong, a British-built gunboat in the Guangdong Fleet
  • Fei Long (FL), a family of Silkworm missiles (e.g., the C-101)
  • Fei-Long, a video game character in the Street Fighter (series)
  • Fei Long, a tribe in Survivor: China television series
  • FEILONG, call sign of China Flying Dragon Aviation
  • Fei lung maang jeung 飛龍猛将 or Dragons Forever, a Hong Kong action cinema
  • Yang Feilong 楊飛龍, a 3rd-century ruler of Chouchi
  • Fu Feilong 苻飛龍, a 4th-century deputy of Fu Pi
  • Ling Fei-long 嶺飛龍, a character in the Dragon Fist (manga)
  • Liu Fei Long 刘飛龍, a character in Target in the Finder manga

    • Japanese Hiryū Flying Dragon names.

  • Hiryū, a Japanese aircraft carrier
  • Hiryū, a type of Mitsubishi Ki-67 medium bomber
  • Hiryū, a chess piece in Dai shogi
  • Hiryū no ken 飛龍の拳 Flying Dragon, a video game
  • Hiryū002, a train in The Galaxy Railways anime series

    • English has additional Feilong "Flying Dragon" names.

  • Feilongus, a genus of pterosaurs
  • Feilongshania, a genus of trilobites
  • Flying Dragon, Draco volans species of Agaminae gliding lizards
  • Flying Dragon, a sculpture by Alexander Calder

    • References

    Feilong Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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