Meanings
Tongren1
- A county-level city of Huangnan, Qinghai, China.
1 more example
The protests this week have mostly unfolded in Tibetan towns in Qinghai Province, a vast, sparsely populated region that is historically important as a center of Tibetan culture. They began at a high school on Tuesday in the town of Tongren, known as Rebkong in Tibetan, and then widened.[…] The principal of a primary school in Huangzhong County, northwest of Tongren, confirmed by telephone that peaceful protests had taken place.
2010 October 22, Edward Wong, “Tibetans in China Protest Proposed Curbs on Their Language”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2011, Asia Pacific
Tongren2
- A prefecture-level city of Guizhou, China.
Part of the bridge collapsed across a highway linking Fenghuang County to an airport in the Tongren region of neighboring Guizhou Province, according to a notice posted on the local government Web site on Tuesday.
2007 August 14, “Bridge collapse in China kills at least 22”, in The New York Times, sourced from Beijing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2024, Asia Pacific
Origin
Tongren · proper noun
- Mandarin同仁
- EnglishTongren
From Mandarin 同仁 (Tóngrén).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Tongren · proper noun
- Mandarin銅仁 /铜仁
- EnglishTongren
From Mandarin 銅仁 /铜仁 (Tóngrén).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 同仁, 銅仁 /铜仁
- 同仁 (Tóngrén)county-level city
- 銅仁 /铜仁 (Tóngrén)prefecture-level city
Cite this entry
Tongren. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tongren
“Tongren.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tongren. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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