tông

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tong"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [təwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [təwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [təwŋ͡m˧˧]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French ton.

Noun

tông

  1. tone, shade (of colors)
  2. tone (of sounds)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 宗.

Noun

tông

  1. (obsolete or only in compounds) ancestral temple; ancestry, origin, lineage
    tông đuờng ― ancestral temple's hall
    chim có tổ; nguời có tông ― Birds have nests; humans have origins.
  2. (rare, only in compounds) ancestor
    tổ tông ― ancestors
  3. (by extension) (taxonomy) tribe

Etymology 3

Compare tung.

Verb

tông

  1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to crash into; to collide with; to hit
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