Xuan Tong

[ Chinese shyahn -tawng ]

/ Chinese ˈʃüɑn ˈtɔŋ /

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noun Pinyin.

Hsüan T'ung.

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How to use Xuan Tong in a sentence

Around that time, in 1972, Chinese-American restaurateur Michael Tong opened Shun Lee Palace on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
‘The Search for General Tso’: The Origins of America’s Favorite Chinese Dish, General Tso’s Chicken|Marlow Stern|April 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Their goal, he argues, is not world domination but da tong: “great harmony.”
Dr. K’s Rx for China|Niall Ferguson|May 17, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut and Senator Mitch McConnell of Wherever are going at it hammer and tong.
Let the Democrats Win|Christopher Buckley|April 14, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The Treasurie of the French Tong: teaching the waye to varie all sortes of verbes.
The Teaching and Cultivation of the French Language in England during Tudor and Stuart Times|Kathleen Lambley

Now, what I want to know is what the Hop Sing tong means by shipping the departed brethren by freight?
Captain Scraggs|Peter B. Kyne
But behind the voual in our tong (so far as yet I can fynd) it hath no use.
Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue|Alexander Hume
At the last-mentioned place it receives the Roch, and then goes westward to Farnworth, where it is joined by the Tong.
The Rivers of Great Britain; Rivers of the South and West Coasts|Various
They make some distinction in another instance when speaking of crying, they say the men Tong-i; the women Tong-e.
An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Vol. 1|David Collins

British Dictionary definitions for Xuan Tong

Xuan-tong

/ (ˈʃwɑːnˈtʊŋ) /

noun

the Pinyin transliteration of the title as emperor of China of (Henry) Pu-yi

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