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Meaning of tong lau | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A tenement building, found in Southern China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

tong sui tong war Tong'an Tonga Tonga Trench Tongala

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