Tan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tan"

English

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 譚／谭 (Tán).

Proper noun

Tan

A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

Etymology 2

From Hokkien 陳／陈 (Tân). Doublet of Chen.

Proper noun

Tan

A Chinese surname from Hokkien.

Etymology 3

From Mandarin 丹 (Dān) Wade-Giles romanization: Tan¹.

Proper noun

Tan

Alternative form of Dan
- 1856, Meadows, Thomas Taylor, “Military History of the Tae pings, After the Occupation of Nanking, Up to the Present Time”, in The Chinese and their Rebellions‎, London: Smith, Elder & Co., OCLC 123570644, page 175:
  The Tae ping camps commanded the Tan river which, flowing eastward, becomes further on the Wei, under which name it joins the Grand Canal at Lin tsing, on the northern side of the highest level of the Canal waters.
- 1921, Eric Teichman, Travels of a Consular Officer in North-West China‎, Cambridge University Press, OCLC 2585746, OL 14046010M, page 214:
  As regards other possible railways in Shensi and Kansu not yet definitely projected, the most attractive is a line from the neighbourhood of Chingtzu Kuan in south-western Honan up the Tan River valley and across the Ch'inling Shan to Hsian.
- 1923, Frits Holm, My Nestorian Adventure in China‎, Fleming H. Revell Company, OCLC 747724124, page 191:
  I was much disappointed at learning that the water was too low for navigation on the Tan river as yet, and that we would have to travel four days over the mountains to Kingtzekuan, on the border of Honan, before we should find the river navigable.
- 1974, Edward Friedman, Backward Toward Revolution: the Chinese Revolutionary Party‎, University of California Press, published 1977, →ISBN, LCCN 73-76095, OCLC 462845168, pages 152-153:
  In mid-March 1914 the White Wolf band gathered with a number of other rural bands at Ching-tzu-kuan, a cluster of houses at a pass on the Tan river at the Honan-Shensi provincial borders.[...]
  They continued through the Tsinling mountains above the Tan river valley on a high trad under yet higher caves where villagers traditionally hide.

Translations

Dan — see Dan

Proper noun

Tan

A surname from Vietnamese.

Anagrams

-ant, ANT, Ant, Ant., NAT, NTA, Nat, Nat., TNA, a'n't, an't, ant, ant-, ant., nat

Tagalog

Etymology

From Hokkien 陳／陈 (Tân). Doublet of Chan and Chen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtan/, [ˈtan]

Proper noun

Tan

a surname from Min Nan of Chinese origin

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Tan is the most common surname in the Philippines, occurring at 532,577 individuals.

Turkish

Proper noun

Tan

a female given name
a male given name which means "dawn, daybreak"

单词	Tan
释义	Tan See also: Appendix:Variations of "tan" English Etymology 1 From Mandarin 譚／谭 (Tán). Proper noun Tan A Chinese surname from Mandarin. Etymology 2 From Hokkien 陳／陈 (Tân). Doublet of Chen. Proper noun Tan A Chinese surname from Hokkien. Etymology 3 From Mandarin 丹 (Dān) Wade-Giles romanization: Tan¹. Proper noun Tan Alternative form of Dan 1856, Meadows, Thomas Taylor, “Military History of the Tae pings, After the Occupation of Nanking, Up to the Present Time”, in The Chinese and their Rebellions‎, London: Smith, Elder & Co., OCLC 123570644, page 175: The Tae ping camps commanded the Tan river which, flowing eastward, becomes further on the Wei, under which name it joins the Grand Canal at Lin tsing, on the northern side of the highest level of the Canal waters. 1921, Eric Teichman, Travels of a Consular Officer in North-West China‎, Cambridge University Press, OCLC 2585746, OL 14046010M, page 214: As regards other possible railways in Shensi and Kansu not yet definitely projected, the most attractive is a line from the neighbourhood of Chingtzu Kuan in south-western Honan up the Tan River valley and across the Ch'inling Shan to Hsian. 1923, Frits Holm, My Nestorian Adventure in China‎, Fleming H. Revell Company, OCLC 747724124, page 191: I was much disappointed at learning that the water was too low for navigation on the Tan river as yet, and that we would have to travel four days over the mountains to Kingtzekuan, on the border of Honan, before we should find the river navigable. 1974, Edward Friedman, Backward Toward Revolution: the Chinese Revolutionary Party‎, University of California Press, published 1977, →ISBN, LCCN 73-76095, OCLC 462845168, pages 152-153: In mid-March 1914 the White Wolf band gathered with a number of other rural bands at Ching-tzu-kuan, a cluster of houses at a pass on the Tan river at the Honan-Shensi provincial borders.[...] They continued through the Tsinling mountains above the Tan river valley on a high trad under yet higher caves where villagers traditionally hide. Translations Dan — see Dan Proper noun Tan A surname from Vietnamese. Anagrams -ant, ANT, Ant, Ant., NAT, NTA, Nat, Nat., TNA, a'n't, an't, ant, ant-, ant., nat Tagalog Etymology From Hokkien 陳／陈 (Tân). Doublet of Chan and Chen. Pronunciation IPA^(key): /ˈtan/, [ˈtan] Proper noun Tan a surname from Min Nan of Chinese origin Statistics According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Tan is the most common surname in the Philippines, occurring at 532,577 individuals. Turkish Proper noun Tan a female given name a male given name which means "dawn, daybreak" See also Şafak tan şafak
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