Tong

Tong or Tonge may refer to:

Chinese

• Tang Dynasty, a dynasty in Chinese history when transliterated from Cantonese
• Tong (organization), a type of social organization found in Chinese immigrant communities
• tong, pronunciation of several Chinese characters
• See:
  • The Chinese surnames Tang (唐 and 湯/汤) transliterated based on Cantonese
  • The Chinese surnames (佟, 童 and 仝) transliterated based on Mandarin

People

• Tong (surname), a Gan Chinese of Zhang, (张), (莊), Cantonese of Tang (滕), (鄧), Beijing Chinese of Tung (佟)
• Amy Tong (born 1977), American judoka
• Pete Tong (born 1960), dance music DJ and radio presenter
• Rona Tong (1910–2006), New Zealand athlete
• Tong Khagan, a 7th century Turkish khagan
• Bao Tong (born 1932), Director of the Office of Political Reform of the CPC Central Committee and the Policy Secretary of Zhao Ziyang
• Chiam See Tong (born 1935), Singaporean politician and lawyer
• Lim Goh Tong (1918–2007), Malaysian Chinese businessman
• Ling Tong (189–237), military general of the state of Eastern Wu
• Ly Tong (born 1945), Vietnamese American anti-communist activist
• Shen Tong (born 1968), Chinese dissident
• Anote Tong (born 1952)
• Tong Dizhou (1902–1979)
• Tong Fei (born 1961)
• Tong Guan (1054–1126)
• Jacqueline Tong (born 1951)
• Tong Jian (born 1979)
• Kaity Tong (born 1947)
• Kent Tong (born 1958)
• Michael Tong (born 1969)
• Ronny Tong (born 1950)
• Stanley Tong (born 1960)
• Vincent Tong
• Tong Wen (born 1983)
• William Tong (born c. 1970)
• Wang Tong (born 1993)
• Yang Tong (605–619)
• Yeo Cheow Tong (born 1947)

Places

Tong

• Tong, Lewis, a village in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland
• Tong, Shropshire, a village in Shropshire, England
  • Tong Castle, a large country house in Shropshire, demolished in 1954
• Tong village, West Yorkshire, England
• Tong (ward), an electoral division of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
• Tong Forge, a village in Staffordshire, England
• Tong, South Khorasan, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran
• Tong, South Sudan, a town in Warrup State (also spelled Tonj)
• Tong District, a district in Issyk Kul Province of Kyrgyzstan
• Kap Tong
• Mun Tsai Tong
• Nong Tong
• Tai Tong
• Tong Fuk
• Tsing Yi Tong
• Yau Tong

Tonge

• Tonge, Kent, England
• Tonge, Leicestershire, England

Informal

• Tongland (gang area), a name for the Calton area of Glasgow — named for a local gang, the Calton Tongs

Other

• A customary unit of area equal to 50×60 sana lamjel (1 Pari) in Manipur, India. 32 tong equalled 1 pari
• A word used as a pun on "song" in the album Sung Tongs

See also

• Tongs, a tool for picking things up
• Tongue (disambiguation)