塘 (tong4 | tang2) : pond, pool; dyke, dike

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塘

tong4

tang2

[1] pond; pool; tank
[2] dyke, dike; embankment; bank
[3] pit-shaped thing

Stroke count: 13

Level: 1

Radical: 土 (#32)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

塘

This word has been viewed 5612 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 9th Dec 2014 21:15

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池塘 ci4 tong4 chi2 tang2 = pond; pool

九龍塘 gau2 lung4 tong4 = Kowloon Tong (MTR station)

觀塘 gun1 tong4 = Kwun Tong (MTR station)

水塘 seoi2 tong4 shui3 tang2 = pond; pool; reservoir; (placename) Sui Tong

塘尾 tong4 mei5*1 = [粵]: dragonfly; (placename) Tong May

塘蝨 tong4 sat1 = walking catfish

塘蝨魚 tong4 sat1 jyu4*2 = walking catfish

避風塘 bei6 fung1 tong4 = a typhoon shelter

塘魚 tong4 jyu4*2 = pondfish

塘虱 tong4 sat1 = catfish 粵
See all 30 compounds (CantoDict reports 29 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing 1 example containing 塘

鴨子在池塘裡游來游去國
The ducks on the pond are swimming to and fro.
[The meaning of 游來游去 is discussed [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,74996,77053#msg-77053]here.[/url] ]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 塘
Unicode code for this character: U+5858 (off-site link)

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