Teng 2480239 225891631 2008-07-15T21:56:30Z Deadkid dk 677153 no article {{For|the historical State of Teng|Teng (state)}}{{For|the currency of Kazakhstan|tenge}} '''Teng''' can refer to two distinct [[Chinese surnames]]. Most commonly, it is an alternate spelling of the Chinese surname '''[[Deng (surname)|Deng]]''' (鄧/邓, ''Dèng'') used especially in [[Taiwan]] based on the [[Wade-Giles]] transliteration of [[Standard Mandarin|Mandarin Chinese]]. This spelling is used in many English language sources on China written before the widespread adoption of the [[pinyin]] transliteration system in the 1980s. For example, [[Deng Xiaoping]] was written "Teng Hsiao-p'ing." However, Teng (滕, ''Téng'') is also a different and much rarer Chinese surname derived from [[Teng (state)|State of Teng]] in the [[Zhou Dynasty|Western Zhou Dynasty]]. It is ''Tàhng'' in [[Standard Cantonese|Cantonese]] and is usually Romanized as "Tang" in [[Hong Kong]]. It is ''Têng'' in [[Minnan]] (Hokkien). == Notable persons with the surname Teng == {{For|notable persons surnamed Teng representing 鄧, for example [[Teresa Teng]]|Deng}} Persons surnamed Teng (滕) include: *[[Teng Biao]] (滕彪), Beijing, China-based human rights lawyer *[[Teng Haibin]] (滕海滨), gymnast from Beijing, China *[[Joyce Tang]] (滕麗名), Hong Kong celebrity *[[Lee C. Teng]], Chinese-American Accelerator Physicist *[[Teng Xiu]] (滕脩), Wu minister during the Three Kingdoms period *[[Teng Yin]] (滕胤), Wu minister during the Three Kingdoms period *[[Empress Teng]] (滕皇后), empress of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China Other persons named Teng include: *[[Tais Teng]], Dutch writer *[[Vienna Teng]], American singer ==See also== *[[Chinese name]] {{surname-stub}} {{Taiwan-stub}} {{china-stub}} [[Category:Chinese family names]] [[de:Teng]] [[vi:Đằng (họ)]] [[zh:滕姓]]