Meanings
alternative Dengqen
- A county of Chamdo, Tibet autonomous region, China.
This is what happened to Kelsang, a 42-year-old man from Dêngqên County.[…] Kelsang, a 42-year-old Tibetan from Serdak Township, Dêngqên County, Chamdo Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, has faced prolonged harassment from Chinese authorities.
2025 May–June, Lopsang Gurung, “Tibet: If You Are a Dissident, We Will Cut Your Electricity and Water”, in Tibetan Bulletin, volume 29, number 3, Central Tibetan Administration, archived from the original on 21 Aug 2026, World Press, page 24, columns 1–21 more example
In this article, we propose a quantitative method for looking at mani heaps by digital processing the colours of 70 mani heaps in Dêngqên County. Compared with previous related studies, the results are more accurate in reflecting the colour features of mani heaps in Dêngqên County.
2021, Zhijun Peng, Han Sun, Deng Pan, Wenyuan Tao, Fanyue Zeng, Jing Yang, Haoyu Wang, “The Use of Quantitative Methods to Study the Colours of Mani Heaps in Tibet: A Dêngqên County Case Study”, in International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing, volume 15, numbers 1–2, Edinburgh University Press, →DOI, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2022
Origin
- Tibetanསྟེང་ཆེན་
- EnglishDêngqên
From the Tibetan pinyin romanization of Tibetan སྟེང་ཆེན་ (steng chen).
More words from Tibetan
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Chinese Cantonese 丁青
- 丁青 (ding¹ ceng¹)county
Chinese Mandarin 丁青
- 丁青 (Dīngqīng)county
Cite this entry
Dêngqên. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/D%C3%AAngq%C3%AAn
“Dêngqên.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/D%C3%AAngq%C3%AAn. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dêngqên,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/D%C3%AAngq%C3%AAn.
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