tǒngwǎ 筒瓦

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Terms

tongwa (Pinyin without tones)
筒瓦 (Traditional Chinese)
㼧瓦 (Traditional Chinese)
筒瓦 (Simplified Chinese)
tǒngwǎ (Pinyin)
t'ong-wa (Wade-Giles)
barrel tiles (lit.) (English)1
barrel tiles (ATTCAT preferred) (English)

Note

Barrel tiles. A type of ceramic roofing tile with a semi-circular (or greater) cross section. Usually used as a covering tile to prevent water from seeping between two rows of concave/gutter tiles (banwa 瓪瓦). Also written 㼧 (tong (lit. convex tile)).2

瓦的一種，也寫作“㼧瓦”。通常是半圓形（或大半圓形），用於屋面作為蓋瓦。

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Works Cited

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1 FU. 2017. Traditional Chinese Architecture: Twelve Essays
2 2018. ATTCAT 2018

Broad Match: roofing tiles

How to Cite This Entry

JIA Tingli 賈亭立 et al., “ 筒瓦 tǒngwǎ” in Architectura Sinica last modified September 18, 2020, https://architecturasinica.org/keyword/k000109.

Bibliography:

JIA Tingli 賈亭立 et al., “ 筒瓦 tǒngwǎ.” In Architectura Sinica, edited by Tracy Miller. Entry published January 18, 2020. https://architecturasinica.org/keyword/k000109.

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Entry Title: 筒瓦 tǒngwǎ

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Tracy Miller, editor, Architectura Sinica
ZHUGE Jing 諸葛净, associate editor, Architectural Terminology
JIA Tingli 賈亭立 and BAO Lu 寶璐, entry contributors, “ 筒瓦 tǒngwǎ”

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Revision by Tracy Miller
English proofreading by Aurelia Campbell
Chinese proofreading by ZHUGE Jing 諸葛净
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