Dengfeng

Deng·feng
D2E1N1G2F4E1N1G2
/dʌŋ.fʌŋ//dɛŋ.fɛŋ/

proper noun

A county-level city of Zhengzhou, Henan, China.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Teng-feng · alternative Têng-fêng

  1. A county-level city of Zhengzhou, Henan, China.

    On 22 October the dependents of Comrades Tuan Chun-i and (Liu Chieh) rode in a motor vehicle provided by a government organ to tour Tengfeng County.

    [1978 December 11 [1978 December 5], “Honan First Secretary Sets Example on 'Special Privilege'”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 238, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking Domestic Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Central-South Region, page H 7
    1 more example

    "Dengfeng city has the oldest mountain in China, Mount Song," Mei said. "It is the cradle of Zen in China; it has Shaolin; it has a very profound culture. They wanted to promote it, combining Zen and Shaolin together, to help boost tourism."

    2008 August 31, David Barboza, quoting Mei Shuaiyuan, “In the mountains, another big Chinese extravaganza”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Dec 2022

Origin

  1. Mandarin登封
  2. EnglishDengfeng

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 登封 (Dēngfēng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 登封
  • 登封county-level city
Chinese Mandarin 登封
  • 登封 (Dēngfēng)county-level city
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APA

Dengfeng. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dengfeng

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“Dengfeng.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dengfeng. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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