Tong 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
  • Tso/Tong land of Hong Kong

Surname

  • Tong (surname), a Gan Chinese of Zhang, (张), (莊), Cantonese of Tang (滕), (鄧), Beijing Chinese of Tung (佟)

People

  • Tong Dizhou (1902–1979)
  • Tong Fei (born 1961)
  • Tong Guan (1054–1126)
  • Tong Jian (born 1979)
  • Amy Tong (born 1977), American judoka
  • Anote Tong (born 1952)
  • Bao Tong (1932–2022), Director of the Office of Political Reform of the CPC Central Committee and the Policy Secretary of Zhao Ziyang
  • Grace Tong (born 1942)
  • Jacqueline Tong (born 1951)
  • Kaity Tong (born 1947)
  • Kelvin Tong
  • Kent Tong (born 1958)
  • Lim Goh Tong (1918–2007), Malaysian Chinese businessman
  • Ling Tong (189–237), military general of the state of Eastern Wu
  • Ly Tong (1945–2019), Vietnamese American anti-communist activist
  • Michael Tong (born 1969)
  • Pete Tong (born 1960), dance music DJ and radio presenter
  • Rona Tong (1916–2016), New Zealand athlete
  • Ronny Tong (born 1950)
  • Shen Tong (born 1968), Chinese dissident
  • Simon Tong (born 1972), English musician and member of The Verve
  • Stanley Tong (born 1960)
  • Tong Yabgu, a 7th-century Turkish khagan
  • Vincent Tong (actor) (born 1980)
  • Tong Wen (born 1983)
  • Wang Tong (disambiguation)
  • William Tong (born c. 1970)
  • Yang Tong (605–619)
  • Yeo Cheow Tong (born 1947)

Places

  • Tong, Shropshire, a village in Shropshire, England, UK
  • Tong Castle, a large country house in Shropshire, demolished in 1954
  • Tong, West Yorkshire, a village in England, UK
  • Tong (ward), an electoral division of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Tong, Lewis, a village in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
  • Tong, South Sudan, a town in Warrup State (also spelled Tonj)
  • Tong District, Issyk Kul Province, Kyrgyzstan

See also

  • Tongs, a type of tool used to grip and lift objects
  • Tongland (gang area), a name for the Calton area of Glasgow — named for a local gang, the Calton Tongs
  • Tonge (disambiguation)
  • Tongue (disambiguation)