“How is the character for “concrete” pronounced? What does it mean exactly?

Concrete tóng Concrete. 　　““ Concrete” is a synonym for “concrete”. As everyone knows, especially those working in infrastructure construction, most of them are familiar with this character. But who created “concrete”? When was it approved for nationwide use? ——I’m afraid it’s little known! 　　“The term “concrete” was coined by the renowned structural engineer Professor Cai Fangyin. It was created in 1953. At that time, teaching technology was backward; there were no recorders or copiers... Students had to rely on taking notes to listen to the lectures. ““Concrete” is the most commonly used term in construction projects, but it has too many strokes, making it difficult and time-consuming to write! Thus, the quick-witted Cai Fangyin boldly used the term “artificial stone” to replace “concrete”. Because the character for “concrete” has 30 strokes, while the character for “artificial stone” has only 10 strokes, 20 strokes can be saved, **which speeds up the writing process! Later, “artificial stone” was combined to create “concrete”! It was also promoted among college students, passing from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred... In July 1955, the book \"Terms in Structural Engineering\", compiled and published by the Terminology Section of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, explicitly recommended the use of both terms \" Concrete \" and \" Concrete \". From then on, “concrete” was widely used in books and publications on various construction projects. 　　On June 7, 1985, the Chinese Character Reform Committee officially approved the legal status of “ Concrete” as being synonymous with and interchangeable with “ Concrete”. 　　Additionally, the pronunciation of “ Concrete is tong (the same sound), which coincides with the French word “BE-TON”” ； The German word for concrete, “Be-ton”, and the Russian word “BE-TOH” are pronounced almost identically. In this way, it is more conducive to international academic exchanges in the construction sector. It is a character specific to construction engineering.

“Concrete” is pronounced as “tóng”; in the construction industry, “plain concrete” is often referred to as “plain tóng”； Refer to “reinforced concrete” as “reinforced concrete”.