Tonghua

Tong·hua
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proper noun

A prefecture-level city of Jilin, China.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

proper noun

alternative T'ung-hua · alternative Tunghua · alternative Tunghwa

  1. A prefecture-level city of Jilin, China.

    The unit in Tonghua, Jilin province, signed an agreement with China Mobile – the largest wireless network operator – on March 23 to build the country’s first 5G checkpoint at Unbong, or Yunfeng Reservoir in Chinese, Legal Daily reported.

    2019 April 8, Minnie Chan, “China to use 5G technology to tackle flow of refugees, smuggled goods over North Korean border”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2019, Diplomacy
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    An official in the northeastern Chinese city of Tonghua, where residents are barred from leaving their homes amid a strict lockdown, apologized to residents who said they had not been receiving enough food. Tonghua, an industrial city of about two million people in Jilin Province, went into lockdown on Jan. 20 after the number of recent cases grew to nearly 100.

    2021 January 26, Salman Masood, Lin Qiqing, “Chinese city apologizes over food shortages during lockdown, and other news from around the world.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021
  2. A county of Tonghua, Jilin, China.

    Kangmei Pharmaceutical Co Ltd * Says to cooperate with government of Tonghua county, where healthcare market is worth over 3 billion yuan ($496 million), on medical services

    2014 January 15, “China's Kangmei Pharma to cooperate with govt of Tonghua county on medical services”, in Reuters, sourced from Hong Kong and Singapore newsrooms, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2024

Origin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 通化 (Tōnghuà).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 通化
  • 通化prefecture-level city or county of Jilin, China
Chinese Mandarin 通化
  • 通化 (Tōnghuà)prefecture-level city or county of Jilin, China

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APA

Tonghua. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tonghua

MLA

“Tonghua.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tonghua. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tonghua,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tonghua.

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