tong lau

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 唐樓／唐楼 (tong4 lau4-2).

Noun

tong lau (plural tong laus)

1. A tenement building, found in Southern China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
   • 2010 May 27, Alex Frew McMillan, “Breathing Life, and Cash, Into Hong Kong's Old Walk-Ups”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2010-05-30, Great Homes & Destinations‎^[2]:

     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.