Yinglong

Yinglong
Yinglong illustration from the Classic of Mountains and Seas
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese應龍
Simplified Chinese应龙
Literal meaningResponsive dragon
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYìnglóng
Japanese name
Kanji応竜
応龍
應竜
應龍
Hiraganaおうりゅう
Transcriptions
RomanizationŌryū

Yinglong (traditional Chinese: 應龍; simplified Chinese: 应龙; pinyin: yìnglóng; lit. 'responsive dragon') is a winged dragon and rain deity in ancient Chinese mythology.

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