Tang or TANG most often refers to:

  • Tang dynasty
  • Sour taste

Tang or TANG may also refer to:

Chinese states and dynasties

  • Jin (Chinese state) (11th century – 376 BC), a state during the Spring and Autumn period, called Tang (唐) before 8th century BC
  • Tang dynasty (唐; 618–907), a major Chinese dynasty
  • Later Tang (唐; 923–937), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
  • Southern Tang (唐; 937–975), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period

Food

  • Tang (drink mix), a brand name of instant fruit flavored drinks, produced by Mondelēz International
  • Guk (국), soup or stew in Korean cuisine, sometimes known as "tang" (탕; 湯)

Places

Europe

  • Tang, County Westmeath, a village in Ireland
  • Tang, North Yorkshire, a settlement in England

Asia

  • Tang, Ardabil, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran
  • Tang, Badakhshan, a village in Afghanistan
  • Tang, a village in Bumthang District, Bhutan
  • Tang (唐镇), a town in Pudong, Shanghai, China
  • Tang, Sistan and Baluchesstan, a village in Sistan and Baluchesstan Province, Iran
  • Tang County (唐县), Baoding, Hebei, China
  • Tang Gonda, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
  • Tang Julan, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
  • Tang-e Rashid, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
  • Tang-e Zirgol Bardar, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran

People

Surnames

  • Táng (surname) (唐), romanized as Tang
  • Tāng (surname) (湯/汤), romanized as Tang
  • Deng (surname) (鄧/邓), sometimes romanized as Tang
  • Teng (surname) (滕), rarely romanized as Tang

Other people

  • Tang of Shang (湯; – 1646 BC), first king of the Shang Dynasty
  • Tang Chinese, used in southern China to refer to the Han Chinese
  • Tang Clan (鄧族) of Hong Kong, among the first inhabitants to settle in Hong Kong

Ships

  • US submarines named after the fish, including
  • of the United States Navy
  • , the lead ship of that class
  • , a United States Navy Balao-class submarine that served briefly in World War II before being sunk by one of its own torpedoes
  • Type 096 submarine Tang class of the People's Liberation Army Navy of the People's Republic of China

Other uses

  • Tang (clevis), part of a clevis fastener or joint
  • Tang (fish), Acanthuridae, a family of marine fish
  • Tang (tools), a projecting element connecting the blade or operational part of a knife or other tool to the handle
  • Tang sight, a rear sight attached to a rifle tang
  • Tape measure, tang, the hook at the end of a tape measure
  • BYD Tang, a car
  • Tang, a fish in the American television series FishCenter Live
  • Tang, a character in the Cbeebies television show ZingZillas
  • Tang and me, Japanese film (2022) adapted from the book "A robot in the garden" by Deborah Install, starring Kazunari Ninomiya from Arashi

Acronyms

  • Tennessee Air National Guard
  • Texas Air National Guard
  • Texas Army National Guard

See also

  • Tange (disambiguation)
  • Tong (organization)