Tang

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tang"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Tangut, French tangoute, or Classical Mongolian ᠲᠠᠩᠭᠤᠳ (tangɣud).

Symbol

Tang

  1. (international standards) ISO 15924 script code for Tangut.

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tæŋ/, /tɑːŋ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mandarin (Táng).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tang

  1. The imperial dynasty of China which reigned from 618 to 907.
    • 2023 October 26, “Australia returns three smuggled historical artifacts to China”, in EFE[2], sourced from Sydney, Australia (EFE), archived from the original on 26 October 2023, Culture, Latest news‎[3]:
      The two sculptures, which were part of religious rites, belong to the Tang dynasty, which ruled between 618 and 907 AD and is considered a golden period of the Chinese civilization.
  2. The Turkic dynasty of China which lasted from 923 to 936.
    • 2000, Notable Women of China: Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century[4], 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.
  5. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

See also

References

  1. ^ cf. Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Tanghsien or T’ang-hsien”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1874, column 2

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Mandarin  / (Tāng).

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Cantonese (tang4).

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Cantonese  / (dang6).

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Teochew  / (dang5).

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Teochew.

Etymology 6

Borrowed from Hokkien (táng).

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.

Etymology 7

Borrowed 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.

Etymology 8

Borrowed from Dzongkha སྟང (stang).

Proper noun

Tang

  1. A gewog of Bumthang District, Bhutan.

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/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aŋ

Noun

Tang m (strong, genitive Tangs, plural Tange)

  1. seaweed

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Cantonese (Dang4). Doublet of Teng.

Proper noun

Tang

  1. a Chinese Indonesian surname from Cantonese.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien (Táng).

Proper noun

Tang

  1. a Chinese Indonesian surname from Hokkien.

Tagalog

Etymology

From either Mandarin (táng) or Hokkien (táng).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Tang (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔)

  1. a Chinese surname from Mandarin or Hokkien