東涌

Chinese

		east	bubble up; rush forth
trad. (東涌)		東	涌
simp. (东涌)		东	涌

Etymology

"Tung Chung"

From 東西涌 (dung1 sai1 cung1, “eastern and western streams”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dōngchōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄔㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ cung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dōngchōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄔㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dongchong
    • Wade–Giles: Tung¹-chʻung¹
    • Yale: Dūng-chūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dongchong
    • Palladius: Дунчун (Dunčun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Note: not pronounced as Dōngyǒng.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ cung¹
    • Yale: dūng chūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ tsung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ cung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

東涌

1. Tung Chung (an area in Hong Kong)
2. (～鎮) Dongchong (a town in Nansha district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
3. (～鎮) Dongchong (a town in Chengqu district, Shanwei, Guangdong, China)