Tāng (/tɑːŋ/;[1] simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: tāng) is a Chinese surname. It is 72nd surname in the Hundred Family Surnames or Baijiaxing of the Song dynasty and 101st in modern[when?] popularity.[2] The Tang (湯) family name traces its lineage from Tang of Shang, the first ruler of the Shang dynasty.[3] In modern times the character can also mean "soup" or "broth". In Cantonese the surname is pronounced Tong or Thong, and in Fujian, it is usually pronounced Theng or Teng.

Tang (湯/汤)
Language(s)Han Chinese
Origin
Language(s)Old Chinese
DerivationDiku (帝嚳) the Gaoxin (高辛)
Tang of Shang (商湯)
MeaningTang the Boil
Shang the Sloosh
Yang the Sunrise
soup, broth, stock
Other names
Variant form(s)Teng, Deng
Derivative(s)Shang, Yang
See alsoShang dynasty
Regional Variations in Pronunciation
Pronunciation Region Dialect
Tang Mandarin-speaking areas Standard Chinese
Tong / Thong Guangdong Yue (Cantonese)
Theng / Teng Fujian Min

Notable people

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  • Tang Xianzu (湯顯祖; 1550–1616), Chinese playwright
  • Tang Enbo (1898–1954), Nationalist general in the Republic of China
  • Tang Xiaodan (1910–2012), Chinese film director
  • Tang Yuhan (1913–2014), Hong Kong doctor and oncologist
  • Tang Yijie (1927–2014), Chinese scholar and professor
  • John Tong Hon (born 1939), Chinese Roman Catholic cardinal and Bishop of Hong Kong
  • Tang, Ming Yue (湯明越), a news analyses, and an LGBT rights activist of Taiwan
  • Tang, Lan hua (湯蘭花), a female singer of Taiwan
  • Ronny Tong (born 1950), Hong Kong politician
  • Timothy Tong (born 1949), Hong Kong commissioner
  • Kent Tong (born 1958), Hong Kong actor
  • Tang Sulan (born 1965), Chinese writer and politician
  • Angela Tong (born 1975), Hong Kong actress
 
The family temple of the Tang (Chinese: ) family in Jinxiang Town, Cangnan County, Zhejiang

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tang". Collins English Dictionary.
  2. ^ Tang surname No. 72 in Baijiaxing and No. 101 in the "New Baijiaxing"
  3. ^ Tang surname Ancestry.ca