English | Chinese |
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Tongzhou (district) proper noun | 通州 /Tōngzhōu/proper noun |
bluetongue (disease of ruminants) noun [UK: blˈuːtʌŋ] [US: blˈuːɾʌŋ] | 蓝舌病 /lánshébìng/noun 藍舌病noun |
cat got someone's tongue (why are you not saying anything?) phrase | 你成了哑巴了吗? /nǐ chéng le yǎba le ma?/phrase 你成了啞巴了嗎?phrase |
Cihtong (rural township) proper noun | 莿桐 /Cìtóng/proper noun |
Datong (a city of China) proper noun | 大同 /Dàtóng/proper noun |
guard one's tongue (be careful in what one says) verb [UK: ɡɑːd wʌnz tʌŋ] [US: ˈɡɑːrd wʌnz ˈtəŋ] | |
hold one's tongue (refrain from talking about something, see also: shut up) verb [UK: həʊld wʌnz tʌŋ] [US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈtəŋ] | |
Hongtong (county) proper noun | 洪洞 /Hóngtóng/proper noun |
hutong (narrow alley or street in a traditional residential district of a Chinese city) noun | 胡同 /hútòng/noun 胡同儿 /hútòngr/noun 衚衕noun 衚衕兒noun |
Kyaingtong (Town in Shan State, Burma) proper noun | 孟艮proper noun 孟艮府proper noun |
Lintong (district) proper noun | 临潼proper noun 臨潼proper noun |
Litong (district) proper noun | 利通 /Lìtōng/proper noun |
mother-in-law's tongue (Sansevieria trifasciata, Dracaena trifasciata) noun | 虎尾兰 /hǔwěilán/noun 虎尾蘭noun |
mother tongue [mother tongues] (one's native tongue) noun [UK: ˈmʌð.ə(r) tʌŋ] [US: ˈmʌð.r̩ ˈtəŋ] | 本族語noun 本族语 /běnzúyǔ/noun 母語noun 母语 /mǔyǔ/noun |
Nantong (a city in China) proper noun | 南通 /Nántōng/proper noun |
on the tip of one's tongue (known but not quite remembered) preposition | 一时想不起来 /yīshí xiǎng bù qǐlai/preposition 一時想不起來preposition |
paktong (alloy) noun [UK: pˈaktɒŋ] [US: pˈæktɑːŋ] | 白銅noun 白铜 /báitóng/noun |
parseltongue (language of snakes in Harry Potter) proper noun | 爬說語proper noun 爬说语 /páshuōyǔ/proper noun 蛇佬腔 /shélǎoqiāng/;proper noun |
Putonghua (the official language of the People's Republic of China, see also: Mandarin) proper noun | 普通話proper noun 普通话 /pǔtōnghuà/proper noun |
Qingtongxia (county-level city) proper noun | 青銅峽proper noun 青铜峡 /Qīngtóngxiá/proper noun |
slip of the tongue (mistake in speech) noun [UK: slɪp əv ðə tʌŋ] [US: sˈlɪp əv ðə ˈtəŋ] | 口誤noun 口误 /kǒuwù/noun 失言 /shīyán/noun |