Tonghua

See also: tōnghuà

English

Alternative forms

• T'ung-hua (Wade–Giles)
• Tunghwa

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 通化 (Tōnghuà).

Pronunciation

• enPR: to͝ongʹhwäʹ

Proper noun

Tonghua

1. A prefecture-level city in Jilin, China.
   • 2021 January 26, Salman Masood, Lin Qiqing, “Chinese city apologizes over food shortages during lockdown, and other news from around the world.”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on January 26, 2021‎^[4]:

     An official in the northeastern Chinese city of Tonghua, where residents are barred from leaving their homes amid a strict lockdown, apologized to residents who said they had not been receiving enough food.
     Tonghua, an industrial city of about two million people in Jilin Province, went into lockdown on Jan. 20 after the number of recent cases grew to nearly 100.

2. A county of Tonghua, Jilin, China.
   • [1928 March 8 [1928 February 20], A.N.A., “NEW RAILWAYS IN MANCHURIA.”, in Hongkong Daily Press‎^[5], number 21,732, Hong Kong, sourced from Peking, →OCLC, page 3, column 3:

     In order to improve the line of communications in Manchuria, the Chinese authorities are going to extend the Mukden-Hailung to Linkiang viá Hsinking and Tunghua as requested by the residents of these cities; but in view of the small amount of the product for export by the line, the prospect is not quite favourable. According to semi-official reports, the proposed extension will start at Hsinking for Tunghua, over 320 Chinese li away. Then 20 Chinese li east of Tunghua it will have to negotiate the mountainous region from Tungchangtai and Sanhotzu, necessitating the construction of an extensive tunnel.]

   • [1983, Chong-Sik Lee, “Radicalism versus United Front among the Guerrillas”, in Revolutionary Struggle in Manchuria: Chinese Communism and Soviet Interest, 1922-1945‎^[6], University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 214:

     Evidently negotiations were successful, since about this time the Red guerrillas" were reported to have expanded their forces by collaborating with the Big Swords in nearby Chinchuan Hsien and with the National Salvation Army in Tunghua and Liuho hsien.]

Translations

prefecture-level city or county of Jilin, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 通化 (zh) (Tōnghuà)

Anagrams

• Aughton, hang out, hangout, tohunga