Tangyin

Tang·yin
T1A1N1G2Y4I1N1
/tæŋˈjɪn/

proper noun

A county of Anyang, Henan, China.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A county of Anyang, Henan, China.

    The rotting carcasses of dead animals easily produce pathogens, but disinfection material is insufficient, the semi-official China Animal Agriculture Association said on its website, after the farms in Tangyin county were flooded.

    2021 July 27, Hallie Gu Gu, Shivani Singh, “Flood-hit Chinese county needs disinfectants to tackle dead livestock”, in Clarence Fernandez, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2021, China
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    In Anyang we first went south to Tangyin county, which is the birth place of Yo Fei, the Sung dynasty people’s hero. In the temple dedicated to him there, effigies of the traitors who betrayed him are cast in iron and are an to kneel in front of his great image. Members of his family have looked after this temple for generations and one of its most ewe possessions is a long scroll in his handwriting.

    1965 April, Rewi Alley, “From Taipeh Shan to Taihang Shan”, in Eastern Horizon, volume IV, number 4, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 27

    Second, the oracle bones eventually led to the archaeological site at An-yang and to its scientific excavation. When the inscribed oracle bones first came on the market, the merchants maintained that they came from both T'ang-yin 湯陰 and An-yang in Honan.

    [1980, Kwang-chih Chang, “Prolegomena: Five Doors to Shang”, in Shang Civilization, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 42

Origin

  1. Mandarin湯陰 /汤阴
  2. EnglishTangyin

From Mandarin 湯陰 /汤阴 (Tāngyīn).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 湯陰 /汤阴
  • 湯陰 /汤阴 (tong¹ jam¹)county
Chinese Mandarin 湯陰 /汤阴
  • 湯陰 /汤阴 (Tāngyīn)county

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tangyin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tangyin.

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