Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tongling

/ˈtɔŋ(ˈ)lɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Tong-ling
IPA: /ˈtɔŋ(ˈ)lɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.

Example Sentences

"The second item in the China Year Book's list is the Tungkuan Shan mines. All that is said about these is as follows : "Tungling district on the Yangtze, 55 miles above Wuhu, Anhui province."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 銅陵 /铜陵 (Tónglíng).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 銅陵

Inflected Forms

T'ung-ling (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce tongling?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɔŋ(ˈ)lɪŋ/.
What does tongling mean?: A prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
Where does tongling come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 銅陵 /铜陵 (Tónglíng).

How to pronounce tongling

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