dong n : the basic unit of money in Vietnam v : go `ding dong', like a bell [syn: ding, dingdong]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Noun

1. The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus
2. The penis; a dildo, specifically a synthetic anatomical replica of the penis
3. onomatopoeia for the sound made by a bell with a low pitch

Translations

Synonyms

• (penis): See

See also

ding dong

Hungarian

Verb

dong

1. to buzz

Mandarin

Pinyin syllable

dong

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, dōng, dǒng, or dòng.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norwegian

Noun

1. condom

Dong may refer to:

Asian languages

• Vietnamese đồng (₫), the currency unit of Vietnam
• Dong people (侗族), an ethnic minority group in China
• Dong language
• Dong Lake, a lake in the Hunan Province of China
• Dong quai, a medicinal herb
• Dong (동 or 洞), a section of a city in South Korea, smaller than a gu (ward) and approximately the size of five city blocks
• A Sponge-model Nokia cellular phone
• Dong (film) (东), a documentary film by filmmaker Jia Zhangke

People

• Long Duk Dong or "the Donger," a character in the 1984 American movie Sixteen Candles
• Dong Fangzhuo (董方卓), a Chinese football player
• Dong (surname), a transliteration of Chinese family names 董,東 (in Mandarin pinyin) and 黨 (in Cantonese)
• Dong (name), Vietnamese for the season of winter

Dong may also mean:

• Penis or dildo (slang)
  • Long Dong Silver, a pornographic actor
• A language game where words are spelled out and consonants have the syllable -ong added on the end
• A creature in the nonsense poem of Edward Lear, The Dong with a Luminous Nose
• A home run in the sport of baseball
• Dong Open Air, a heavy metal festival in Germany, named after the Dong hill

DONG can be an abbreviation for:

• DONG Energy, Denmark's energy company
  • DONG Cup, a former name of the Danish Cup trophy, sponsored by the oil company from 2000 to 2004

See also

• Taepodong and Rodong-1, types of North Korean missiles

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