Etymology

Tengchong

Teng·chong
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Today it means: A county-level city of Baoshan, Yunnan, China. Full definition →

Mandarin 騰衝 /腾冲
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from騰衝 /腾冲
  2. English todayTengchong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 騰衝 /腾冲 (Téngchōng).

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