Tangyin
Syllables: Tang·yin/tæŋˈjɪn/
Tangyin proper noun: a county of Anyang, Henan, China.
Proper noun
Tangyin
- A county of Anyang, Henan, China.
- 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...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 of Tangyin
From Mandarin 湯陰 /汤阴 (Tāngyīn).
Questions about Tangyin
- What does Tangyin mean?
- Tangyin means a county of Anyang, Henan, China.
- What part of speech is Tangyin?
- Tangyin is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Tangyin?
- Tangyin is pronounced /tæŋˈjɪn/.
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