Tanggu

Tanggu

See also: tánggǔ and Tánggū

English

塘沽
Tanggu

Alternative forms

• (dated) Tangku
• (from Wade–Giles) T'ang-ku

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 塘沽 (Tánggū).

Proper noun

Tanggu

1. A subdistrict of Binhai district, Tianjin, China, on Bohai Bay; former district of Tianjin, China.
   • 2015 August 14, Tiezzi, Shannon, “The Tianjin Explosion, As Chronicled on Chinese Social Media”, in The Diplomat‎, archived from the original on 27 October 2015:

     And the discussion on China’s social media sphere isn’t done yet. On the evening of August 13, the top-trending hashtag on Sina Weibo was “#塘沽爆炸真相#” – “Tanggu [the explosion’s location in the Binhai district] explosion truth.”

Translations

subdistrict of Binhai district, Tianjin, China; former district of Tianjin, China

Chinese: Cantonese: 塘沽 (tong4 gu1) Mandarin: 塘沽 (zh) (Tánggū)