Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tong lau

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English

Syllables: tong lau
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tenement building, found in Southern China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

Example Sentences

"Mr. Clifford is one of a handful of small-scale developers who renovate apartments in the old tong lau-style tenements and walk-up residential buildings built in Hong Kong from the 1940s through the 1970s."

Etymology

From Cantonese 唐樓 /唐楼 (tong4 lau4-2).

Word Breakdown

Root: 唐樓

Inflected Forms

tong laus (plural)

Questions

What does tong lau mean?: A tenement building, found in Southern China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
Where does tong lau come from?: From Cantonese 唐樓 /唐楼 (tong4 lau4-2).

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