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A tong (Chinese: 堂; pinyin: táng; Jyutping: tong4; Cantonese Yale: tòhng; lit. 'hall') [1]: 53 is a type of organization found among Chinese immigrants predominantly living in the United States, with smaller numbers in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. In Chinese, the word tong means "hall" or "gathering place".
Tong Wars. The Tong Wars were a series of violent disputes beginning in the late 19th century among rival Chinese Tong factions centered in the Chinatowns of various American cities, in particular San Francisco. Tong wars could be triggered by a variety of inter- gang grievances, from the public besmirching of another Tong's honor, to failure ...
Tong is a Chinese surname. Tong as transcribed in English however represents of a number of different Chinese surnames. There were 8,589 Tongs in the United States during the year 2000 census, making it the 3,075th surname overall and the 121st surname among Asian and Pacific Islanders.
Tongzhi. (term) Tongzhi is a form of style used in China that taken on different meanings in the 20th century depending on context. It was first introduced into vernacular Chinese by Sun Yat-sen as a way of describing his followers. Following the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC), tongzhi was used to mean "comrade" in a ...
t. e. The Tang dynasty (/ tɑːŋ /, [6] [tʰǎŋ]; Chinese: 唐朝 [a]), or the Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
Táng (surname) Tang (/ tɑːŋ /; [1] Chinese: 唐, mandarin Pinyin: Táng; Japanese: 唐/とう/から; Korean: 당/唐; Cantonese : Tong; Wade–Giles: T’ang), is a Chinese surname. The three languages also have the surname with the same character but different pronunciation/ romanization. [2] In Korean, it is usually romanized also as Dang.
Chinese names for China, aside from Zhongguo, include Zhōnghuá (中华; 中華; 'central beauty'), Huáxià (华夏; 華夏; 'beautiful grandness'), Shénzhōu (神州; 'divine state') and Jiǔzhōu (九州; 'nine states'). While official notions of Chinese nationality do not make any particular reference to ethnicity, common names for the ...
Dong (Chinese: 董; pinyin: Dǒng; Wade-Giles: Tung 3; Standard Cantonese: Tung or Tong; Cantonese Jyutping: Dung2) is a surname of Chinese origin. Dong is from a Chinese character that also means "to supervise" or "to manage." The story goes that in the 23rd century BC, an adviser to the Emperor Shun was conferred this surname due to his ...