Gender Masculine Usage Chinese Mythology Scripts 烛龙(Chinese) 燭龍(Traditional Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /ʈ͡ʂu.lʊŋ/(Chinese) Meaning & History From Chinese 烛 (zhú) meaning "candle, torch, light" and 龙 (lóng) meaning "dragon". In Chinese mythology this was the name of a giant scarlet serpent, also called the Torch Dragon in English.