龍捲 [龙卷]

Jyutping lung4 gyun2
Pinyin lóng juǎn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. tornado
  2. waterspout
  3. twister
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    tornado
  2. noun
    twister
  3. noun
    watersprout; sprout
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    当母牛飞得高, 公牛飞得低, 就有可能是一个龙卷风。
    當母牛飛得高, 公牛飛得低, 就有可能是一個龍捲風。
    dāng mǔ niú fēi dé gāo , gōng niú fēi dé dī , jiù yǒu kě néng shì yí gè lóng juǎn fēng 。
    • When the cow flies high and the ox flies low, there probably is a twister.
    • Flies high the cow and low the cattle, a twister does the farmyard rattle.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    一股龙卷风吹袭美国佛罗里达州，造成一死百人伤。
    一股龍捲風吹襲美國佛羅里達州，造成一死百人傷。
    jat1 gu2 lung4 gyun2 fung1 ceoi1 zaap6 mei5 gwok3 fat6 lo4 lei5 daat6 zau1, zou6 sing4 jat1 sei2 baak3 jan4 soeng1.
    • A tornado ripped through Florida in the United States, killing one person and injuring one hundred.