Word info

tongzhi

Noun

Meaning

tongzhi (plural tongzhis or tongzhi)

(slang) A member of any sexual minority group in Greater China.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Between 1861 and 1873, she and Ci'an served as regents, choosing the reign title "Tongzhi" (ruling together). Source: Internet

In 1066, he presented a more detailed eight-volume Tongzhi (通志; "Comprehensive Records"), which chronicled Chinese history from 403 BCE to 207 BCE (the end of the Qin Dynasty). Source: Internet

Thus the 1867–68 famine under the Tongzhi Restoration was successfully relieved but the Great North China Famine of 1877–78, caused by drought across northern China, was a catastrophe. Source: Internet

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