Teng

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For the historical State of Teng, see Teng (state).

For the currency of Kazakhstan, see tenge.

Teng can refer to two distinct Chinese surnames.

Most commonly, it is an alternate spelling of the Chinese surname Deng (鄧/邓, 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."

However, Teng (滕, Téng) is also a different and much rarer Chinese surname derived from State of Teng in the Western Zhou Dynasty. It is Tàhng in Cantonese and is usually Romanized as "Tang" in Hong Kong. It is Têng in Minnan (Hokkien).

[edit] Notable persons with the surname Teng

For notable persons surnamed Teng representing 鄧, for example Teresa Teng, see 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