tòng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tong"

Mandarin

Alternative forms

  • tongnonstandard
  • tòŋvery rare shorthand

Romanization

tòng (tong4, Zhuyin ㄊㄨㄥˋ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of  /
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of  / 𮲄
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of  /
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from . Compare Japanese (ju-, junior ranking for ).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tawŋ͡m˨˩]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [tawŋ͡m˦˩] ~ [tɔŋ˦˩]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tawŋ͡m˨˩]
    • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

    Prefix

    tòng

    1. (history) "junior" ranking for phẩm (courtier rank), e.g. chánh nhất phẩm (senior rank 1), tòng nhất phẩm (junior rank 1), chánh nhị phẩm (senior rank 2), tòng nhị phẩm (junior rank 2), etc.
      Antonym: chánh

    Romanization

    tòng

    1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of

    Derived terms