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tong laus

tong laus is the plural of tong lau.

Meaning of tong lau

Noun

tong lau (plural tong laus)

  1. A tenement building, found in Southern China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
    • Mr. Clifford is one of a handful of small-scale developers who renovate apartments in the old tong lau-style tenements and walk-up residential buildings built in Hong Kong from the 1940s through the 1970s.2010 May 27, Alex Frew McMillan, “Breathing Life, and Cash, Into Hong Kong's Old Walk-Ups”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 May 2010, Great Homes & Destinations

Questions about tong laus

What is tong laus the plural of?
Tong laus is the plural of tong lau.

Words near tong laus in the dictionary

  1. tonfas
  2. tong
  3. tong doc
  4. tong fai
  5. tong lau
  6. tong laus
  7. tong sui
  8. tong war
  9. tong wars
  10. Tong'an
  11. Tong-King

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