崆峒

Kōngtóng

proper noun

Meanings

HSK 6

崆峒自古就是道教圣地。

Kōngtóng zìgǔ jiù shì Dàojiào shèngdì.

Kongtong has been a holy place of Daoism since ancient times.

HSK 7-9

在武侠小说里，崆峒和少林、武当一样，也是一个门派的名字。

Zài wǔxiá xiǎoshuō lǐ, Kōngtóng hé Shàolín, Wǔdāng yíyàng, yě shì yí ge ménpài de míngzi.

In wuxia novels Kongtong, like Shaolin and Wudang, is the name of a martial sect.

usage

As the name of the mountain it usually takes 山: 崆峒山. The sect is 崆峒派, and 崆峒区 is the central district of Pingliang.

mistakes

峒 is read tóng in this name, not dòng as in its 'cave' sense.

崆 kōng

峒 dòng