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Deng

/dʌŋ/
/dɛŋ/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Mandarin 鄧／邓 (Dèng).

proper noun Teng

A common surname from Chinese, sometimes romanised as Teng, notably borne by Chinese politician Deng Xiaoping. Think of the foam pie a protestor tried to throw in Rupert Murdoch’s face, halted by his then-wife Wendi Deng.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: teng, dunn, dieng, thein, tang, marx, dengue, dang, marxism, theoretical, ding, den, theory, noboru, dong, clang

Translations

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name Chinese surname

한국어	등 Deung
日本語	鄧, デン, テン, トウ Tō
中文	鄧 /邓 Dèng
हिन्दी	देंग deṅg
Ελληνικά	Ντενγκ Ntengk
Русский	Дэн Dɛn, Тэн Tɛn, Тенг Teng
Tiếng Việt	Đặng
العربية	دِينْغ dinḡ, تِينْغ tinḡ
עברית	דנג, טנג

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"Deng." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/deng. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Deng. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/deng

Chicago

"Deng." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/deng.

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@misc{deng_2026,
  title = {Deng},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deng},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}