Chinese Names That Mean Dragon, Moon, Flower & Fire

List Of 13 Chinese Names That Mean Dragon And Their Meanings:

Longxiao

Longxiao has a meaning I like for a girl: 珑, a gem cut like dragon, and 笑, smile.

Wolong

Wolong (‘crouching dragon’) was Zhuge Liang’s nickname while he lived in seclusion.

Long

“Dragon.”

Chen

Chen (辰) is the fifth of the Twelve Earthly Branches. The Year of the Dragon is linjked with the Earthly Branch symbol 辰.

Shenlong

divine/spirit dragon

Zilong

Zi, ‘child’, and long means dragon. Zhao Yun used Zilong as his courtesy name.

Xiaolong

Little dragon. That was Bruce Lee’s stage name. Lei Siu-lung in Cantonese and its dragon came from his birth year.

Chenglong

‘Become the dragon’. Jackie Chan got it as stage name when a producer wanted a follow-up to Xiaolong.

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Tianlong

Tianlong: “heavenly dragon.” It’s a dragon that can fly in legends as well as a star in Chinese astrology. Save

Jiaolong

Which dragon has scales? Guangya says it’s jiaolong, the flood dragon.

Zhulong

Zhulong (烛龙) is the ‘torch dragon’ of Shanhaijing, a red god with a human face and a snake’s body. His breath made winter and summer winds.

Longxing

Long, dragon, and xing, happy or jovial: ‘happy dragon.’

Yinglong

Ying is to respond, so Yinglong is the “responsive dragon”. In Shanhaijing this winged rain god killed Chiyou and Kuafu and couldn’t go back to heaven after.

Moon:

Xiyue

Evening moon, when xi is 夕.

Yue

“Moon” or “month.” Save

Chang’e

She’s goddess of the moon, and literally means ‘Chang the Beautiful’. In 2007 China launched it’s first lunar probe, Chang’e 1, in her memory.

Wangshu

望舒 combines 望, to gaze, and 舒, comfortable or easy. In Elegies of Chu, Wangshu drives the moon’s chariot.

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Mingyue

Bright moon is mingyue. Li Bai looked up at one in his short Tang poem about missing home.

Yue’er

moon/kid

Yuecui

Moon and 翠, green or kingfisher.

Yuelin

Jade or rain? Yuelin puts 月 next to 琳, beautiful jade, or 霖, heavy rain.

Xinyue

It combines 心, heart, with 玥, which can mean treasure or moon.

Yueying

Yue, moon, with 英, petal or flower. Folklore uses Yueying for Zhuge Liang’s wife. Tales say she made his feather fan.

Flower:

Lan

Lan, orchid. Cixi received it when she entered Forbidden City as a young concubine. Save

Mudan

It is peony. The village was wiped off the map during the Mudan Incident.

Hua

‘Flower’.

Rong

Rong (蓉) is hibiscus, and Chengdu is Rongcheng, Hibiscus City.

Taozhi

peach/branches

Meihua

“Plum blossom.” It’s national flower of Taiwan since nineteen sixty-four. It has five petals for five branches of government.

Zhi

From 芷: angelica, iris.

Mulan

Magnolia (木兰). There is also a girl called Hua Mulan who dressed as a man to fight in her father’s place.

Huarui

Flower’s stamen. Lady Huarui was consort of king Meng Chang. THis king who ordered hibiscus planted all over Chengdu to please her.

Fire:

Ye

blaze of fire/glorious

Huo

“Fire.”

Zhurong

Zhurong is fire god of ancient myth. China tagged its first Mars rover after him. The space agency explained that zhu means wish and rong means integration.

Angran

From 昂, rise or proud, and 燃, burn, ignite.

Baihuo

Hundred fires? Close: 百 is one hundred, 火 is fire.

Yan

Yan (炎) means flame. Yan Emperor was renowned asthe Flame Emperor and he was a legendary ruler from before dynasties.

Xiaoyan

Little flame: a smaller Yan from above.

Yi

燚 is four 火 in one character, used for ‘to blaze’.

Blessing:

Shufu

Shufu is 书, book or calligraphy, and 福, blessing. Said out loud, it’s a homophone of 舒服, comfortable.

Xiangyun

Auspicious clouds. Lenovo designers have put a lucky cloud pattern on the Beijing 2008 torch.

Fu

“Blessing,” or “good luck.”

Cixi

Cixi (“motherly and auspicious”) was an honorific granted to mother of Tongzhi Emperor.

Yingqi

From 荧, shine, and 祺, good luck.

Jiaxiang

good/good omen

Zhenxiang

Zhenxiang is meaning luck twice: 祯, lucky, and 祥, good omen.

Fulin

Fortune arriving: 福 and 臨. Fulin was personal moniker of Shunzhi Emperor. He was chosen for throne at age five by a council of Manchu princes.

Butterfly

Die

“Butterfly.”

Hudie

Hudie is butterfly as well. Butterfly Wu, Hu Die was a Shanghai film star who passed away in Vancouver.

Sangdie

Mulberry tree and butterfly.

Diexi

From 蝶 and 熙: butterfly, bright and glorious.

Rongdie

glory/butterfly

Dieyi

Dieyi (‘butterfly clothing’) is Cheng Dieyi, the opera singer Leslie Cheung who played in Farewell My Concubine.

Mengdie

Zhuangzi once dreamed he was a butterfly. Mengdie, dream butterfly, comes from that story.

Yindie

Sound or tone, and butterfly.

Xiaodie

Xiaodie is 笑, smile, with 蝶 (or 筱, dwarf bamboo).

Qiaodie

Qiaodie: 巧, clever, skillful, and 蝶.

Zhidie

Angelica and butterfly. I’d skip it if surname starts with Zh as well.

Star:

Xing

Star.

Xingxing

Twin stars.

Kuixing

Kuixing, ‘chief star’, was four stars of Big Dipper’s bowl.

Xinghe

Star river, Milky Way.

Zhinü

Zhinü (‘weaver girl’) is star Vega. An Qixi magpies make a bridge to meet her cowherd.

Xingchen

Pronounced sheeng-chun, Xingchen means stars.

Xiaoxing

Little star or morning star? Write 小星 for little, 晓星 for morning.

Rabbit

Yutu

Jade rabbit. China’s first lunar rover got it. It covered one hundred fourteen meters on Mare Imbrium.

Mao

卯 is fourth earthly branch: the Rabbit, and hours from five to seven in morning.

Tu

Tu (兔), “rabbit.”

Pushuo

Pushuo (扑朔) is a classical word for rabbits.

Mingshi

Bright sight. Classical poets called rabbits mingshi due to their bright eyes.

Sweet

Tian

“Sweet.”

Gan

Gan (甘) is meaning sweet or pleasant.

Tianmi

Sweet as honey: Teresa Teng’s song Tian Mi Mi got its lyrics from Zhuang Nu in about five minutes.

Miaotian

exquisite/sweet

Tianye

Sweetness with firelight: 甜 and 烨.

Mi

Honey (蜜).

Sun

Yang

‘Sun.’

Taiyang

Taiyang, everyday Chinese word for sun.

Youdu

Dark capital, seat of Yanluo Wang.

Xihe

Xihe is sun goddess who made the calendar in myth. China’s first solar satellite was tagged after her. It was a proposal from a university freshman.

Xuri

rising sun

Chaoyang

Morning sun or facing the sun, depending on reading. Beijing’s Chaoyang District is largest in city proper.

Death

Yanluo

From Sanskrit Yama Raja, King Yama. Yanluo Wang judges the dead one by one.

Wuchang

Impermanence. Heibai Wuchang escort spirits of the dead to underworld.

Meng Po

Old Lady Meng: she hands out a soup of forgetting on Naihe Bridge.