Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

datong

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

Syllables
Da-tong
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district of Taipei, Taiwan.

name

Synonym of Taedong (river in North Korea): the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.

name

A Hui and Tu autonomous county in Xining, Qinghai, China.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大同 (Dàtóng).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, 大同, ^大通

Inflected Forms

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Questions

What does datong mean?
A prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China.
Where does datong come from?
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大同 (Dàtóng).

How to pronounce datong

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