Tang

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tang"

English

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 唐 (Táng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæŋ/

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) T'ang

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^[1], 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^[2], 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^[3], 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

• Tang Dynasty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Later Tang Dynasty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Southern Tang on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 湯／汤 (Tāng).

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) T’ang

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 .

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

• Gant, Gnat, gnat

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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:

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• Rhymes: -aŋ

Noun

Tang m (strong, genitive Tangs, plural Tange)

1. 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) “1068”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1068
• “Tang” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Mandarin 唐 (táng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋ/, [ˈt̪aŋ]

Proper noun

Tang

1. a surname from Mandarin of Chinese origin