Teng () is a Chinese surname derived from State of Teng (Imperial clan descendants) in the Western Zhou dynasty. It is the 73rd name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem. It is T'eng in WadeâÂÂGiles, Tàhng in Cantonese and is usually Romanized as "Tang" in Hong Kong. It is Têng in Hokkien and Teochew. It is "ddàng"in Wenzhou.
"Teng" can also be used as an alternate spelling of the Chinese surname Deng (é§/éÂÂ, Dèng) used especially in Taiwan based on the Wade-Giles transliteration of 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."
Notable persons with the surname Teng
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- Teng Yin (æ»Âè¤; died 256), Wu minister during the Three Kingdoms period
- Empress Teng (æ»ÂçÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ; 258âÂÂ284), empress of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of Chin
- Teng Xiu (æ»Âè©; died 288), Wu minister during the Three Kingdoms period
- Teng Zongliang (æ»Âå®Âè«Â; 991âÂÂ1047), Northern Song dynasty official
- Teng Daiyuan (æ»Â代è¿Â; 1904âÂÂ1974), Chinese military leader and senior leader of the Chinese Communist Party
- Teng Chie (æ»ÂÃ¥ÂÂ; 1906âÂÂ2004), Republic of China general and politician
- Teng Haiqing (æ»Âæµ·æ¸Â
; 1909âÂÂ1997), Chinese military officer and politician
- Teng Weizao (æ»Âç»´è»; 1917âÂÂ2008), Chinese economist and educator
- (æ»Âè¿Âè¼Â; 1922âÂÂ2013), Christian theologian and author
- Teng Jinxian (æ»Âè¿Âè´¤; 1937âÂÂ2022), Chinese film director
- Teng Wensheng (æ»ÂæÂÂçÂÂ; born 1940), Chinese politician
- Teng Rujun (æ»Âæ±ÂéªÂ; 1946âÂÂ2023), Chinese actor
- Chuu-Lian Terng (æ»Âæ¥Âè®; born 1949), Taiwanese-American mathematician
- Shanghua Teng (æ»Âå°ÂÃ¥ÂÂ, born 1964), Chinese-American computer scientist
- Teng Jin-guang (æ»Âé¦åÂ
Â; born 1964), Chinese engineer and educator
- Teng Jiacai (æ»Âä½³æÂÂ; born 1964), Chinese politician
- Teng Biao (æ»Â彪; born 1973), formerly Beijing-based human rights lawyer now in exile
- Teng Wei (æ»Âå·Â; born 1974), Chinese football player
- Joyce Tang (æ»ÂéºÂÃ¥ÂÂ; born 1976), Hong Kong actress
- Teng Haibin (æ»Â海滨; born 1985), Chinese gymnast
- Teng Bin (æ»Â彬; born 1985), Chinese footballer
- Teng Zhiqiang (æ»Âå¿Â强; born 1991), Chinese male slalom canoeist
- Teng Shangkun (æ»Âå°Âå¤; born 1991), Chinese footballer
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- Vienna Teng, (stage name) born Cynthia Yih Shih (å²é¸欣; born 1978), American singer-songwriter and pianist
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