Meanings
Teng-chou1
- obsoleteObsolete form of Dengzhou, former name of Penglai: a district of Yantai, Shandong, China.
In Teng-chou prefecture (some fifty miles west of Chefoo), the administration was practically run by the Red Spears, who had set up their headquarters in a village there, named a magistrate, and begun to collect a land tax.
1972, Lucien Bianco, “Secret Societies and Peasant Self-Defense, 1921-1933”, in Jean Chesneaux, editor, Popular Movements and Secret Societies in China 1840-1950, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 2172 more examples
China now must pay another four million taels before Allied Forces will evacuate Tientsin and Teng-chou [in Shantung].[…] Bruce to Prince Kung. Is going to send Acting Consul to Teng-chou: requests co-operation in selecting best port for foreign trade.
1983, J. Y. Wong, Anglo-Chinese relations, 1839-1860: A Calendar of Chinese Documents in the British Foreign Office Records, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 300, 309AFTER LEAVING Ch’ang-chou, Su Shih briefly held the post of governor of Teng-chou (Wen-teng), a district located in P’eng-lai county on the northern coast of the Shantung peninsula. Although as it turned out he stayed only five days in Teng-chou before he was recalled to the capital, he took full advantage of his time there to visit the rugged mountains along the coast.
1994, Beata Grant, “A Thousand Kalpas in the Palm of His Hand”, in Mount Lu Revisited: Buddhism in the Life and Writings of Su Shih, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 130
Teng-chou2
- alternativeAlternative form of Dengzhou, Henan
Mei was traveling together with Hsieh Chiang, who was on his way to his new post in Teng-chou prefecture in southwestern Honan. But in the elventh^([sic – meaning eleventh]) month, Hsieh, who had just reached Teng-chou, died.
1976, Jonathan Chaves, Mei Yao-chʻen and the Development of Early Sung Poetry, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 16
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Teng-chou · proper noun
- Mandarin登州
- EnglishTeng-chou
From Mandarin 登州 (Dēngzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Têng¹-chou¹.
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- Mandarin鄧州 /邓州
- EnglishTeng-chou
From Mandarin 鄧州 /邓州 (Dèngzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Têng⁴-chou¹.
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Teng-chou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Teng-chou
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