Chinese surname
Surname Chang
鄭 · 張 · 章 · 曾
Chang is a Chinese surname: a Hakka spelling of 鄭, an older Mandarin spelling of 張 or 章, and a Teochew or Cantonese spelling of 曾.
Characters for the surname Chang
The spelling Chang is common in Hakka, Teochew and Cantonese romanization.
- 鄭
the state of Zheng in the Zhou era; surname
Hakka chhang / Mandarin zhèng
attested
- 張
to stretch, open up; sheet; surname
Mandarin zhāng (Wade–Giles Chang)
- 章
chapter; rules; surname
Mandarin zhāng (Wade–Giles Chang)
- 曾
surname; great- (as in great-grandfather)
Teochew zang1 / Cantonese zang1 / Mandarin zēng
鄭 all spellings of zhèng張 all spellings of zhāng章 all spellings of zhāng曾 all spellings of céng
Possible characters for Chang
| Character | Mandarin reading · romanization of the spelling |
|---|---|
| 鄭 | zhèng · Hakka |
| 張 | zhāng |
| 章 | zhāng |
| 曾 | céng · Cantonese · Teochew |
Other spellings of the same character
About the surname Chang
Chang is a surname spelling that can stand for several characters depending on the dialect. For 鄭 (simplified 郑, Mandarin Zheng) it comes from the Hakka reading chhang, and this character is recorded in public data for Malaysians spelled Chang. In the older Wade–Giles romanization, Chang is the Mandarin spelling of 張 and 章 (pinyin Zhang). The character 曾 is read zang1 in Teochew and Cantonese. The meaning depends on the characters a family uses.
Sources
- Wiktionary: 鄭 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 鄭 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 張 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 張 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 章 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 章 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 曾 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 曾 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: Chang (English surname) · en.wiktionary.org · romanization
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