# 恐龙 (kǒnglóng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 恐龙 (kǒnglóng) means “dinosaur”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: dinosaur
- Pinyin: kǒnglóng (kong3 long2)
- Traditional: 恐龍
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 孩子们很喜欢看恐龙化石。
  Háizimen hěn xǐhuan kàn kǒnglóng huàshí.
  Children like looking at dinosaur fossils very much.

## Characters

- 恐 (kǒng): afraid; frightened
- [龙](https://hanziro.com/word/long-chinese-dragon/) (lóng): Chinese dragon; (fig.) emperor

https://hanziro.com/word/kong-long-dinosaur/

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