排長龍

Chinese

		row of logs or boards; a platoon; line up	long dragon; long queue
trad. (排長龍)		排	長龍
simp. (排长龙)		排	长龙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pái chánglóng

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄞˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): paai⁴ coeng⁴ lung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pái chánglóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pái chánglóng
  - Wade–Giles: pʻai² chʻang²-lung²
  - Yale: pái cháng-lúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pair charnglong
  - Palladius: пай чанлун (paj čanlun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: paai⁴ coeng⁴ lung⁴
  - Yale: pàaih chèuhng lùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paai⁴ tsoeng⁴ lung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pai⁴ cêng⁴ lung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːi̯²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ lʊŋ²¹/

Verb

排⫽長龍 (verb-object)

to form a long queue
- 你詐肚痛，去廁所排長龍 [Cantonese, trad.]
  你诈肚痛，去厕所排长龙 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 胡文森 (lyricist), 《詐肚痛》
  nei⁵ zaa³ tou⁵ tung³, heoi³ ci³ so² paai⁴ coeng⁴ lung⁴ [Jyutping]
  You pretend to have a stomachache, to wait in a long line to go to the washroom

See also

打蛇餅／打蛇饼
大排長龍／大排长龙 (dàpáichánglóng)

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