tông

Level ≈B2 (approx.) nounverb Sino-Vietnamese Top 3,000 most common

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tônglevelngang

Each syllable carries one of six tones; the mark on the vowel tells you which. How the six tones sound →

tông means tone; shade.

Chinese characters: 宗

Meanings of tông in English

Noun

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

Noun

(taxonomy) tribe
in compounds, obsolete ancestral temple; ancestry, origin, lineage
- tông đuờngancestral temple's hall
- chim có tổ; nguời có tôngBirds have nests; humans have origins.
in compounds, rare ancestor
- tổ tôngancestors

Verb

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

Words with tông

tông hiến tông huấn tông miếu tông sắc tông thư tông-đơ tông đồ

Example sentences with tông

Tôi mém bị xe hơi tông. He came near being hit by a car.
Cô ta đã bất cẩn để xe tông vào cạnh cổng. Her car struck against the gatepost through her carelessness.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Etymology

Borrowed from French ton.

Frequently asked questions

What does tông mean in English?

tông (noun) means "tone; shade".

How do you pronounce tông?

IPA: Hanoi [təwŋ͡m˧˧]; Saigon [təwŋ͡m˧˧]. Tones: tông — level tone (ngang).

Is tông a Sino-Vietnamese word?

Yes. tông is a Sino-Vietnamese word from the Chinese characters 宗.

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.