Tang

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tang"

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tæŋ/, /tɑːŋ/

Etymology 1

From Mandarin (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, Jasper Becker, 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, Weiwei Xu, 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 (Tāng).

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

Etymology 3

From Cantonese (tang4).

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

Etymology 4

From Cantonese (dang6).

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

Etymology 5

From Teochew (dang5).

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Teochew.

Etymology 6

From Hokkien (táng).

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.

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

Tang

  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 either Mandarin (táng) or Hokkien (táng).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtaŋ/ [ˈtaŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aŋ
  • Syllabification: Tang

Proper noun

Tang (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔)

  1. a Chinese surname from Mandarin or Hokkien
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