人龍 [－龙]

Jyutping jan4 lung4
Pinyin rén lóng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. a queue of people
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    好多​人排​緊​嘅​隊​（​量​詞​：​條​）
    a long queue of people; literally: people dragon
    • 售票處前面出現人龍。
      售票处前面出现人龙。
      sau6 piu3 cyu5 cin4 min6 ceot1 jin6 jan4 lung4.
      Many people are lining up in front of the box office.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, figuratively
    long queue of people
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 隊排得很長 – 队排得很长
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    这是个用这个国家前所未见的，环绕学校、教堂的无数人龙，所说出的答案。这些人苦等三、四个小时投票，许多人还是生平头一次，因为他们相信，这次一定要不一样，他们的声音就是明证。
    這是個用這個國家前所未見的，環繞學校、教堂的無數人龍，所說出的答案。這些人苦等三、四個小時投票，許多人還是生平頭一次，因為他們相信，這次一定要不一樣，他們的聲音就是明證。
    zhè shì gè yòng zhè ge guó jiā qián suǒ wèi jiàn de ， huán rào xué xiào 、 jiào táng de wú shù rén lóng ， suǒ shuō chū de dá àn 。 zhè xiē rén kǔ děng sān 、 sì gè xiǎo shí tóu piào ， xǔ duō rén hái shi shēng píng tóu yī cì ， yīn wèi tā men xiāng xìn ， zhè cì yī dìng yào bù yī yàng ， tā men de shēng yīn jiù shì míng zhèng 。
    • It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches, in numbers this nation has never seen. By people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.
  2. Mandarin
    买票的人龙竟然那么长！
    買票的人龍竟然那麼長！
    mǎi piào de rén lóng jìng rán nà me zhǎng ！
    • The queue for buying tickets was unbelievably long.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    人龙
    人龍
    jan4 lung4
    • long queue of people
  2. Cantonese
    条人龙打晒蛇饼㖞，都系第二日再嚟过啦。
    條人龍打晒蛇餅喎，都係第二日再嚟過啦。
    tiu4 jan4 lung4 daa2 saai3 se4 beng2 wo3, dou1 hai6 dai6 ji6 jat6 zoi3 lai4 gwo3 laa1.
    • The queue snakes around here, we'd better come here next day.
  3. Cantonese
    人龙太长，的士就坐地起价。
    人龍太長，的士就坐地起價。
    jan4 lung4 taai3 coeng4, dik1 si2 zau6 zo6 dei6 hei2 gaa3.
    • The queue is extremely long. Taxis raise their price in response.
  4. Cantonese
    售票处前面出现人龙。
    售票處前面出現人龍。
    sau6 piu3 cyu5 cin4 min6 ceot1 jin6 jan4 lung4.
    • Many people are lining up in front of the box office.