Etymology

tou-kung

Mandarin 斗拱
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from斗拱
  2. English todaytou-kung

From Mandarin 斗拱 Wade–Giles romanization: tou-kung.

Words from the same roots

Mandarin斗拱 all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.