tong

Etymology 1
From, , from , from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬 (modern 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬 (modern 🇨🇬). Other cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.

Derived terms

 * pipe tong
 * tonging
 * port tong
 * tooth and tong

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: tenaces
 * German: Greifzange
 * Hindi:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: トング(tongu)
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Macedonian: маша
 * Middle English: tonge
 * Ottoman Turkish: ماشه
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ками́нные щипцы́
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, eldtång
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To use tongs.
 * 2)  To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ունելի օգտագործել, աքցան օգտագործել
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 鉗起, 夾起
 * Czech:
 * French:
 * German: mit einer Zange halten
 * Hindi:
 * Italian: pinzare,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian: испо́льзовать щипцы́
 * Spanish: usar tenaza
 * Vietnamese: dùng kìm, dùng kẹp


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ունելիով վերցնել, աքցանով վերցնել
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 钳起
 * Czech:
 * French:
 * German: mit einer Zange greifen
 * Hindi:
 * Italian:, , , aggranfiare
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian: захвати́ть щипца́ми
 * Spanish: usar tenaza
 * Vietnamese:

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) a Chinese lineage organization responsible for managing ancestral land
 * 2) a Chinese secret society or gang
 * 1) a Chinese secret society or gang

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 堂
 * Mandarin: ,
 * French:
 * German: Tong
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) tongue

Noun

 * 1) love

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  tongue

Etymology 2
From etymology 1.

Noun

 * 1) A kind of flatfish, the common sole,.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) flip-flop, thong

Etymology 1
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) barrel

Etymology 2
.

Noun

 * 1) sound of a gong,.

Etymology 3
From, from.

Etymology 1
From. Related to.

Noun

 * 1) barrel, tub, bin

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) ton

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) (a pair of) pliers, pincers

Etymology 1
, possibly either: Chan-Yap (1980) also records a ⟨“tôŋ”⟩ (: tong), which she described as &apos;percentage cut of a gambling taken from winners&apos;, though she was not clear on which term in Hokkien that she meant by this. Compare 🇨🇬,.
 * as recorded in Barclay (1923) in Douglas (1873), where "the person who supplies a private gambling party with room, cards, and food, (customarily) receives a percentage of the winnings" as per Barclay (1923).
 * according to Manuel (1948) as in or  as recorded in Douglas (1873), because it was customary in China for the host to sit on the east side of the room or table when receiving a guest, who usually stays on the west side, as per Manuel (1948).

Noun

 * 1)  percentage cut or commission of the winnings taken from the winner/s for the banker/dealer or owner of the gambling house
 * 2)  bribe
 * 3)  money
 * 1)  money
 * 1)  money

Etymology 2
, as recorded in Douglas (1873). Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) association; political party; secret society

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) dawn, daybreak

Adjective

 * 1) done for, screwed