Chinese dragon

English Noun thumb|A statue of a Chinese dragon en mythology A mythical serpentine creature, usually depicted as long and snake-like, with many claws, common in several East Asian cultures. en mythology A large snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag, and the claws of a tiger; known for its benevolent behavior in ancient Oriental mythology. Synonyms legendary creature loong, Azure Dragon Translations legendary creature common in several East Asian cultures Bengali: bn চীনা আজদাহা cīna azdaha Chinese: Cantonese: yue 龍 lung4 Eastern Min: cdo 龍 lṳ̀ng Hakka: hak 龍 lîung Mandarin: cmn 龍 lóng Finnish: fi kiinalainen lohikäärme French: fr dragon chinois m Georgian: ka ჩინური დრაკონი German: de Long, de Lóng Hungarian: hu kínai sárkány Indonesian: id naga Tiongkok, id naga Cina, id liong Japanese: ja 竜 りゅう, ryū, りょう, ryō, たつ, tatsu Korean: ko 용, ko 룡 North Korea, ko 미르 Manchu: mnc ᠰᠣᠯᠣᠨᡨᡠ, mnc ᡧᠣᠯᠣᠨᡨᡠ Marathi: mr चिनी ड्रॅगन m Persian: fa اژدهای چینی s eždehā-ye čini Polish: pl chiński smok m-an Russian: ru кита́йский драко́н m Swedish: sv kinesisk drake c Tajik: tg аждаҳои чинӣ s Thai: th มังกรจีน mang-gon jeen Vietnamese: vi rồng en terms derived from toponyms en Chinese mythology Dragons Mythological creatures