Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French ton.

Noun

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tông

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

Etymology 2

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Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Noun

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tông

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

Etymology 3

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Compare tung.

Verb

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tông

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