Chinese surname

鄧邓

The Chinese surname 鄧 (Mandarin dèng, Cantonese dang6) is spelled Teng, Tang in Malaysia, depending on the dialect romanization.

Mandarin (pinyin)	dèng
Cantonese (Jyutping)	dang6
Simplified	邓
Definition (Unihan)	a county in Henan; surname

Spelling tree of 鄧

鄧 is spelled 2 ways in our records. Each label is the romanization a spelling follows, not the bearer’s dialect.

Spelling	Romanization
Teng	Hokkien · Teochew
Tang	Cantonese

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Spellings of 鄧 in Malaysia

TengSpelling common in Hokkien, Teochew romanizationAlso stands for 丁
TangSpelling common in Teochew, Cantonese, Mandarin (pinyin) romanizationAlso stands for 陳, 唐, 湯

Character readings and definition: Unicode Unihan Database (Unicode License). A spelling describes how the name is written, not anyone’s dialect or background.