paktong
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paktong
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Anglicisation of Cantonese 白銅／白铜 (baak6 tung4, “white copper”).
noun paktongs · packtong · pakfong · packfong · paitung · petong
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An alloy of zinc, copper and nickel, closely resembling silver, of Chinese origin; any of a number of similar alloys developed in imitation of the Chinese product.
Chinese export metalwork consists almost entirely of three categories: silverware; pewterware; and paktong, an alloy of zinc, copper and nickel, closely resembling silver, which the Chinese also described as tutenague, and which was probably worked by white metalsmiths also making pewter.
Similar: albata, argentan, cupronickel, electrum, German silver, maillechort, new silver, nickel brass, nickel silver, tutenag, white copper
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noun alloy
| 한국어 | 백동 baekdong |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 白銅 /白铜 báitóng |
| Français | cuivre blanc des Chinois, toutenague, packfung, pacfung, packfong, pacfong |
| Deutsch | Paktong, Packfong, Packtong, Pakfong, chinesisches Weißkupfer |
| العربية | خَارَصِين ḵāraṣīn, تُوتِيَاء مَعْدِنِيّ tūtiyāʔ maʕdiniyy, رُوح تُوتِيَاء rūḥ tūtiyāʔ, تُوتِيَاء مَعْدِنِيَّة tūtiyāʔ maʕdiniyya |
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title = {paktong},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paktong},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
