tông

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tong"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [təwŋ͡m˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [təwŋ͡m˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [təwŋ͡m˧˧]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French ton.

Noun

tông

tone, shade (of colors)
tone (of sounds)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 宗.

Noun

tông

(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.
(rare, only in compounds) ancestor
tổ tông ― ancestors
(by extension) (taxonomy) tribe

Etymology 3

Compare tung.

Verb

tông

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

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