Meanings
- A district of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China, formerly a county.
Tungtou County has accelerated its fishery mechanization by mobilizing the broad masses of fishermen to install, repair, and manufacture their own fishing machines.
[1972 July 7 [1972 July 4], “Chekiang Fishing Industry Mechanizes Operations”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 132, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: East Region, page C 31 more example
He said more than 1.6 million tourists visited Dongtou county - which is an island - last year. Most visitors were from Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Shanghai, but the number from inland provinces had increased rapidly in recent years.
2009 April 20, “Yours for 15m yuan - a 30-year lease on an uninhabited island”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2021, Latest
Origin
- Mandarin洞頭 /洞头
- EnglishDongtou
From Mandarin 洞頭 /洞头 (Dòngtóu).
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Chinese Cantonese 洞頭 /洞头
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Dongtou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dongtou
“Dongtou.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dongtou. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dongtou,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dongtou.
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