Tāng (surname) explained
Tāng (;[1]) is a Chinese surname. It is 72nd surname in the Hundred Family Surnames or Baijiaxing of the Song dynasty and 101st in modern 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.
Regional Variations in Pronunciation!Pronunciation!Region!Dialect| Tang | Mandarin-speaking areas | Standard Chinese |
| Tong / Thong | Guangdong | Yue (Cantonese) |
| Theng / Teng | Fujian | Min | |
Notable people
- Tang Xianzu (; 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, a news analyses, and an LGBT rights activist of Taiwan
- Tang, Lan hua, 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
- Tang Wei (; born 7 October 1979) is a Chinese actress
- Katy Tang (; 9 July 1984) is a former American elected official in San Francisco, California
- Muhai Tang (; born 1949 in Shanghai) is a Chinese conductor
- Tang Enbo a Nationalist general in the Republic of China
- Tang Jiali is a Chinese dancer and model
- Tang Yifen ca. 1778-1853 was a Chinese landscape painter and calligrapher during the Qing dynasty (1644–1912).
- Tang Can (; born 12 June 1975) is a Chinese singer
- Tang Muli (; born 1947 in Shanghai) is a Chinese painter and poet based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Tang Tao (; born May 1963) is a Chinese mathematician currently serving as President of BNU-HKBU United International College
- Tang Chao (physicist) (born 1958) is a Chair Professor of Physics and Systems Biology at Peking University
- Tang He (; 1326–1395), courtesy name Dingchen, was a significant character in the rebellion that ended the Yuan dynasty and was one of the founding generals of Ming dynasty
- Tang Te-Chang (Chinese: 湯德章; 1907–1947) was a Taiwanese lawyer who was killed in the aftermath of the February 28th Incident
- Asher Hong (Chinese: 湯健華; (born 2004), American artistic gymnast
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Tang. Collins English Dictionary.
- http://baijiaxing.xpcha.com/68047602ce7/ Tang surname
- https://www.ancestry.ca/name-origin?surname=tang Tang surname
