Tang
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tang"
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tæŋ/
Etymology 1
From Mandarin 唐 (Táng).
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) T'ang
Proper noun
Tang
- The imperial dynasty of China which reigned from 618 to 907.
- 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 99-30322, OCLC 41231560, 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.
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- A kingdom in China which existed between 937 and 975.
- Any of a number of places in China.
- A county of Baoding, Hebei, China.
- 1996, Becker, Jasper, Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine, The Free Press, →ISBN, LCCN 96-32803, OCLC 243695119, 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.]
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- A county of Baoding, Hebei, China.
- A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
See also
Tang Dynasty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Later Tang Dynasty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Southern Tang on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From Mandarin 湯 (Tāng).
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) T’ang
Proper noun
Tang (plural Tangs)
- A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
Etymology 3
From Cantonese 滕 (tang4).
Proper noun
Tang (plural Tangs)
- A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
Etymology 4
From Cantonese 鄧 (dang6).
Proper noun
Tang (plural Tangs)
- A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
Etymology 5
From Teochew 陳 (dang5).
Proper noun
Tang (plural Tangs)
- A Chinese surname from Teochew.
Etymology 6
From Min Nan 董 (táng).
Proper noun
Tang (plural Tangs)
- A Chinese surname from Min Nan.
Etymology 7
From Persian تنگ (tang, “narrow, tight”).
Proper noun
Tang
- Any of a number of places, including a village in Iran and a village in Afghanistan.
Anagrams
- Gant, Gnat, gnat
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/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aŋ
Noun
Tang m (strong, genitive Tangs, plural Tange)
- seaweed
Declension
Declension of Tang [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Tang | die | Tange |
| genitive | eines | des | Tangs | der | Tange |
| dative | einem | dem | Tang | den | Tangen |
| accusative | einen | den | Tang | die | Tange |
Derived terms
- Knorpeltang
- Seetang
Further reading
- “Tang” in Duden online
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1068
- “Tang” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Tagalog
Etymology
From Mandarin 唐 (táng).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtaŋ/, [ˈtaŋ]
Proper noun
Tang
- a surname from Mandarin of Chinese origin