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洞

Mandarin · pinyin dòng#

cave
hole
zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
Classifier: 個 gè

Mandarin · pinyin tóng#

used in 洪洞 Hóng tóng (the name of a place in Shanxi)

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洞: dòng · cave, grotto; ravine; hole

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4 · dong4

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dung6 · tung4

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hole; cavity; cave
(literary, or in compounds) thorough; penetrating
the numeral zero (used in radio communications in aviation and by the military)
dong, a submunicipal administrative division in North and South Korea

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only used in 澒洞／𭱊洞 (hòngtóng) and 洪洞 (Hóngtóng, “Hongtong”)

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