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{{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]]
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