Tiandeng

Tian·deng
T1I1A1N1D2E1N1G2

proper noun

A county of Chongzuo, Guangxi autonomous region, China.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A county of Chongzuo, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
    1 more example

    A case in point is a group of teachers in Guangxi's Tiandeng County, apparently still dominated by leftists. By July 1984 the social and political climate was so inhospitable that 15 teachers were forced to leave the area, even though they did not have proper documentation to do so, and more were planning to do the same.

    1985, “Chinese Observance of Internationally Recognized Human Rights”, in Human Rights Developments in the People's Republic of China from October 1983 through September 1984 (China Rights Annals), number 1, East Gate Books, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 49

Origin

  1. Mandarin天等
  2. EnglishTiandeng

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for Mandarin 天等 (Tiānděng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 天等
  • 天等county
Chinese Mandarin 天等
  • 天等 (Tiānděng)county
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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