Tancheng

Tan·cheng
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proper noun

A county of Linyi, Shandong, China.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

Tancheng1

proper noun

alternative T'an-ch'eng

  1. A county of Linyi, Shandong, China.

    Then following a lull in January, incidents picked up again after the Chinese New Year, spreading south to Tancheng and further east to Fei county.

    1987, Joseph W. Esherick, The Origins of the Boxer Uprising, University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 188
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    SHANGHAI, (AP) An inspired Chinese army claimed capture of Matowchen, walled town four miles northwest of Tancheng, as continued “rapid progress” was reported today in erasing the second big Japanese offensive in South Shantung province. Matowchen was considered by Chinese commanders the key to Tancheng, which had become the southernmost point of the Japanese advance toward the Lunghai railway, 15 miles away.

    1938 May 5, “Chinese Continue Rout of Invaders”, in Santa Ana Journal, volume 4, number 4, Santa Ana, California, →OCLC, page 1

    In the past diamonds had sometimes been found along the border between Linshu and Tancheng counties. Years ago before liberation Wei’s two brothers had picked up two small ones and a peasant in Tancheng county had found one. But these had been seized by the puppet village heads and had fallen into the hands of the Japanese invaders.

    1978 November, “A Great Diamond”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXVII, number 11, →OCLC, page 36, columns 1, 2

Tancheng2

proper noun

alternative T'an-ch'eng

  1. A town in Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.

    Tancheng on the island of Pingtan, in China’s Fujian Province, is pictured on Oct. 23 last year. Pingtan is physically China’s closest spot to Taiwan.

    2014 February 9, “FEATURE: China woos Taiwan with offshore ‘common homeland’”, in Taipei Times, sourced from AFP, PINGTAN, China, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2014, Taiwan News, page 3

Origin

Tancheng · proper noun

  1. Mandarin郯城
  2. EnglishTancheng

From the Mandarin 郯城.

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Tancheng · proper noun

  1. Mandarin潭城
  2. EnglishTancheng

From the Mandarin 潭城 (Tánchéng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 郯城, 潭城
  • 郯城county
  • 潭城town
Chinese Mandarin 郯城, 潭城
  • 郯城 (Tánchéng)county
  • 潭城 (Tánchéng)town
Cite this entry
APA

Tancheng. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tancheng

MLA

“Tancheng.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tancheng. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tancheng,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tancheng.

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