東涌

Chinese

		east	bubble up; rush forth
trad. (東涌)		東	涌
simp. (东涌)		东	涌

Etymology

"Tung Chung": From 東西涌 (dung1 sai1 cung1, “eastern and western streams”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dōngchōng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥㄔㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ cung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dōngchōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥㄔㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dongchong
  - Wade–Giles: Tung¹-chʻung¹
  - Yale: Dūng-chūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dongchong
  - Palladius: Дунчун (Dunčun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Note: not pronounced as Dōngyǒng.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung¹ cung¹
  - Yale: dūng chūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ tsung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ cung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

東涌

Tung Chung (an area of Hong Kong)
(～鎮) Dongchong (a town in Nansha district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
(～鎮) Dongchong (a town in Chengqu district, Shanwei, Guangdong, China)