洪洞

Chinese

		flood	cave; hole
simp. and trad. (洪洞)		洪	洞

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hóngtóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ tung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hóngtóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Hóngtóng
    • Wade–Giles: Hung²-tʻung²
    • Yale: Húng-túng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Horngtorng
    • Palladius: Хунтун (Xuntun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/

Note: The correct pronunciation in Mandarin is Hóngtóng, not Hóngdòng. Less advanced pinyin input applications may not recognise this pronunciation.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ tung⁴
    • Yale: hùhng tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ tung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/

Proper noun

洪洞

1. (～縣) Hongtong (a county of Linfen, Shanxi, China)

Descendants

• → English: Hongtong