Tancheng

See also: tǎnchéng

English

Alternative forms

• T'an-ch'eng (Wade–Giles)

Etymology 1

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 郯城.

Proper noun

Tancheng

1. A county of Linyi, Shandong, China
   • 1938 May 5, “Chinese Continue Rout of Invaders”, in Santa Ana Journal‎^[1], volume 4, number 4, Santa Ana, California, →OCLC, page 1:

     SHANGHAI, (AP) An inspired Chinese army claimed capture of Matowchen, walled town four miles northwest of Tancheng, as continued “rapid progress” was reported today in erasing the second big Japanese offensive in South Shantung province.
     Matowchen was considered by Chinese commanders the key to Tancheng, which had become the southernmost point of the Japanese advance toward the Lunghai railway, 15 miles away.

   • 1978 November, “A Great Diamond”, in China Reconstructs‎^[2], volume XXVII, number 11, →OCLC, page 36, columns 1, 2:

     In the past diamonds had sometimes been found along the border between Linshu and Tancheng counties. Years ago before liberation Wei’s two brothers had picked up two small ones and a peasant in Tancheng county had found one. But these had been seized by the puppet village heads and had fallen into the hands of the Japanese invaders.

   • 1987, Joseph W. Esherick, The Origins of the Boxer Uprising‎^[3], University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 188:

     Then following a lull in January, incidents picked up again after the Chinese New Year, spreading south to Tancheng and further east to Fei county.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Tancheng.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 郯城 (zh) (Tánchéng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

Map including Tancheng

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 潭城 (Tánchéng).

Proper noun

Tancheng

1. A town in Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
   • 2016 September 30, “Pingtan experiences typhoon Megi”, in China Daily‎^[4], archived from the original on 01 April 2022:

     Megi, the 17th typhoon of 2016, made landfall in Fujian province on the morning of Sept 28 and brought torrential rains across Pingtan.
     Local jurisdictions of Zhonglou, Yutou, Pingyuan, Tancheng, and Liushui suffered heavy downpours, with Zhonglou township seeing the largest at 156.2 millimeters from 8:00 pm Sept 27 to 8:00 am Sept 28. Meanwhile, Niushan Island, in the east of Pingtan, recorded wind speeds of up to 45.1 meters per second (14th grade).

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Tancheng.

Translations

town

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 潭城 (Tánchéng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can