Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- táng
English
- pond
- dyke
- pool; pond; especially those man-made
- tank
- embankment
- the length of a swimming pool from one end to another, usually it is 50m
- dike, embankment
- pool or pond
- hot-water bathing pool
粵語
- 水池，尤其係人工建造嘅（量詞：個）
- 游水術語，指游泳池一邊到另一邊嘅距離，通常係 50 米
As a component in
Words containing 塘
- 水塘seoi2 tong4
pool
- 魚塘jyu4 tong4
fishpond
- 荷塘ho4 tong4
see 荷塘區|荷塘区[He2 tang2 Qu1]
- 池塘ci4 tong4
pool
- 回塘wui4 tong4
to go back to making a honest living [colloquial]
- 塘魚tong4 jyu4
pond fish
- 乾塘gon1 tong4
depleted; exhausted (can refer to running out of money
- 官塘gun1 tong4
Kwun Tong, located in Hong Kong
- 油塘jau4 tong4
Yau Tong, a MTR interchange station for the Kwun Tong line and Tseung Kwan O line situated in Eastern Kowloon
- 觀塘gun1 tong4
Kwun Tong district of Kowloon, Hong Kong
- 塘鵝tong4 ngo2
pelican (Morus bassanus)
- 禾塘wo4 tong4
(noun) a pond
- 避風塘bei6 fung1 tong4
typhoon shelter (a cove where boats shelter from strong winds and rough seas, esp. in Hong Kong)
- 塘蝨tong4 sat1
Clariidae, airbreathing catfishes
- 塘虱tong4 sat1
catfish (family Clariidae)
- 九龍塘gau2 lung4 tong4
the name of a place in Hong Kong: Kowloon Tong
- 塘沽tong4 gu1
Tanggu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区[Bin1 hai3 xin1 qu1]
- 地塘dei6 tong4
flat ground in a village, in front of a house
- 巴塘baa1 tong4
see 巴塘縣|巴塘县[Ba1 tang2 Xian4]
- 塘尾tong4 mei5
Damselfly; a village in Hong Kong: Tong Mei
- 塘鶴tong4 hok2
pelican
- 澡塘cou3 tong4
communal bath
- 塘邊鶴tong4 bin1 hok2
it is a Chinese two-part allegorical phrase. Literally, a crane near the pond, which will target the food to eat. Nowaday, people tend to use it to describe a spectator or someone who sits on the side and doesn't get involved be it in sports, politics, etc.
- 塘底凸tong4 dai2 dat6
describes someone who only appears when they need a favor from others or when they are in need of money [colloquial]