tong

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.4 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 Mandarin 3.1 Adjective 3.2 Suffix 3.3 Pinyin syllable 3.3.1 Usage notes

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /tɒŋ/ SAMPA: /tQN/
• Rhymes: -ɒŋ

[edit] Noun

tong (plural tongs)

1. A Chinese secret society.

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[edit] Verb

to tong (third-person singular simple present tongs, present participle tonging, simple past and past participle tonged)

1. To use tongs; to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.

[edit] See also

• tongs
• triad
• yakuza

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[edit] Dutch

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[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /tɔŋ/

[edit] Noun

tong f. (plural tongen, diminutive tongetje)

1. tongue

tong m. (plural tongen, diminutive tongetje)

1. A kind of flatfish, the common sole, Solea solea.

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[edit] Adjective

tong (Pinyin tóng, traditional 同)

1. same

   Tong Yige Shijie, Tong Yige Mengxiang. "One World, One Dream."

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tong (Pinyin tong1, tra&sim 通)

1. Alternative spelling of -tong1.

[edit] Pinyin syllable

tong

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, tōng, tóng, tǒng, or tòng.

[edit] Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.