Tang

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tang"

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tæŋ/

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 唐 (Táng).

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Tang

  1. The imperial dynasty of China which reigned from 618 to 907.
  2. The Turkic dynasty of China which lasted from 923 to 936.
    • 2000, Notable Women of China: Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century‎, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 235:
      Empress Liu (ca. 890-926 A.D.), whose birthplace was Chenan in Wei (now Chenan county, Hebei province), was the wife of Li Cunxu, who reigned as Emperor Zhuangzong, during the Tang dynasty.
  3. A kingdom in China which existed between 937 and 975.
  4. Any of a number of places in China.
    1. A county of Baoding, Hebei, China.
      • 1996, Becker, Jasper, Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine‎, The Free Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 328:
        A biography of Hu claims that Hu's attitudes changed in 1961, after he was sent to supervise agricultural policy changes in Tang county, Hebei province.
      • 2021 October 13, Xu, Weiwei; Aparajit Chakraborty; Arunava Das, “Doctor's inspiring legacy given a fresh take”, in China Daily‎, archived from the original on 13 October 2021:
        After determined efforts, Dwarkanath Kotnis finally arrived in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region in 1940 to be part of the Hundred-Regiment Campaign. He then moved to Gegong village, Tangxian county, Hebei province, where he performed surgeries in the line of fire.
  5. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
See also

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 湯/汤 (Tāng).

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

Etymology 3

From Cantonese 滕 (tang4).

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

Etymology 4

From Cantonese 鄧/邓 (dang6).

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

Etymology 5

From Teochew 陳/陈 (dang5).

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Teochew.

Etymology 6

From Min Nan 董 (táng).

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Min Nan.

Etymology 7

From Persian تنگ‎ (tang, “narrow, tight”).

Proper noun

Tang

  1. Any of a number of places, including a village in Iran and a village in Afghanistan.

Anagrams

Danish

Proper noun

  1. a surname.

German

Etymology

Of North Germanic origin, such as Danish tang or Swedish tång, from Old Norse þongull, þang, from Proto-Germanic *þanga, from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“to thicken, be solid”), related to Proto-Germanic *þinhaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taŋ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aŋ

Noun

Tang m (strong, genitive Tangs, plural Tange)

  1. seaweed

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

From Mandarin 唐 (táng).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaŋ/, [ˈtaŋ]

Proper noun

Tang

  1. a surname from Mandarin of Chinese origin
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