Tang or TANG most often refers to: *

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, c=唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an Wu Zhou, interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed ...

Sour The gustatory system or sense of taste is the sensory system that is partially responsible for the perception of taste. Taste is the perception stimulated when a substance in the mouth biochemistry, reacts chemically with taste receptor cells l ...

taste Tang or TANG may also refer to:

Chinese states and dynasties

Jin (Chinese state) Jin (, Old Chinese: ''*''), originally known as Tang (唐), was a major Ancient Chinese states, state during the middle part of the Zhou dynasty, based near the centre of what was then China, on the lands attributed to the legendary Xia dyn ...

(11th century – 376 BC), a state during the Spring and Autumn period, called Tang (唐) before 8th century BC *

(唐; 618–907), a major Chinese dynasty * Later Tang (唐; 923–937), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period * Southern Tang (唐; 937–975), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period

Food

* Tang (drink mix), a brand name of instant fruit flavored drinks, produced by Mondelēz International * Guk (국), soup or stew in Korean cuisine, sometimes known as "tang" (탕; 湯)

Places

Europe

* Tang, County Westmeath, a village in Ireland * Tang, North Yorkshire, a settlement in England

Asia

* Tang, Ardabil, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran * Tang, Badakhshan, a village in Afghanistan * Tang, a village in Bumthang District, Bhutan * Tang (唐镇), a town in Pudong, Shanghai, China * Tang, Sistan and Baluchesstan, a village in Sistan and Baluchesstan Province, Iran * Tang County (唐县), Baoding, Hebei, China * Tang Gonda, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran * Tang Julan, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran * Tang-e Rashid, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran *

Tang-e Zirgol Bardar Tang-e Zirgol Bardar (, also Romanized as Tang-e Zīrgol Bardar; also known as Tang-e Zīrgol Darbar) is a village in Susan-e Gharbi Rural District, Susan District, Izeh County, Khuzestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic ...

, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran

People

Surnames

* Táng (surname) (唐), romanized as ''Tang'' * Tāng (surname) (湯/汤), romanized as ''Tang'' * Deng (surname) (鄧/邓), sometimes romanized as ''Tang'' * Teng (surname) (滕), rarely romanized as ''Tang''

Other people

* Tang of Shang (湯; – 1646 BC), first king of the Shang Dynasty * Tang Chinese, used in southern China to refer to the Han Chinese *

Tang Clan The Tang Clan of Hong Kong () is one of the Five Great Clans of the New Territories. The others are Man (), Hau (), Pang () and Liu (). The Tangs are one of the region's oldest families and can trace their lineage back 30 generations in Hong ...

(鄧族) of Hong Kong, among the first inhabitants to settle in Hong Kong

Ships

* US submarines named after the fish, including ** of the United States Navy *** , the lead ship of that class ** , a United States Navy ''Balao''-class submarine that served briefly in World War II before being sunk by one of its own torpedoes *

Type 096 submarine The Type 096 (NATO reporting name: Tang class)https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7860661 is a projected class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) for China's People's Liberation Army Navy Submarine Force. The submarine is expect ...

''Tang'' class of the People's Liberation Army Navy of the People's Republic of China

Other uses

Tang (clevis) A clevis fastener is a two-piece fastener system consisting of a ''clevis'' and a ''clevis pin head''. Terms The ''clevis'' is a U-shaped piece that has holes at the end of the prongs to accept the clevis pin. The ''clevis pin'' is similar to a ...

, part of a clevis fastener or joint *

Tang (fish) Acanthuridae are a family (biology), family of ray-finned fish which includes surgeonfishes, tangs, and Naso (fish), unicornfishes. The family includes about 86 Extant taxon, extant species of ocean, marine fish living in tropical seas, usually ...

, ''Acanthuridae'', a family of marine fish *

Tang (tools) A tang or shank is the back portion of the blade component of a tool where it extends into stock material or connects to a handle – as on a knife, sword A sword is an edged and bladed weapons, edged, bladed weapon intended for manual c ...

, a projecting element connecting the blade or operational part of a knife or other tool to the handle *

Tang sight A tang sight is the rear sight of a pair of iron sights used to aim or align a rifle A rifle is a long gun, long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting and higher stopping power, with a gun barrel, barrel that has a helical or spiral ...

, a rear sight attached to a rifle tang *

Tape measure A tape measure or measuring tape is a long, flexible ruler used to measure length or distance. It usually consists of a ribbon of cloth, plastic, fibreglass, or metal (usually - hard steel alloy) strip with linear measurement markings. Types Ta ...

, tang, the hook at the end of a tape measure * BYD Tang, a car * Tang, a fish in the American television series '' FishCenter Live'' * Tang, in

beekeeping Beekeeping (or apiculture, from ) is the maintenance of bee colonies, commonly in artificial beehives. Honey bees in the genus '' Apis'' are the most commonly kept species but other honey producing bees such as '' Melipona'' stingless bees are ...

, to make sharp, metallic, ringing sounds so as to attract bees to a land in a trap or hive. * ''Tang and me'', Japanese film (2022) adapted from the book "A robot in the garden" by Deborah Install, starring Kazunari Ninomiya from Arashi

Acronyms

* Tennessee Air National Guard * Texas Air National Guard * Texas Army National Guard