Chinese surname

鄭郑

The Chinese surname 鄭 (Mandarin zhèng, Cantonese zeng6) is spelled Chang, Cheng, Zheng, Tay in Malaysia, depending on the dialect romanization.

Mandarin (pinyin)	zhèng
Cantonese (Jyutping)	zeng6
Simplified	郑
Definition (Unihan)	state in today's Henan; surname

Spelling tree of 鄭

鄭 is spelled 4 ways in our records. Each label is the romanization a spelling follows, not the bearer’s dialect.

Spelling	Romanization
Chang	Hakka
Cheng	Cantonese
Zheng	Mandarin
Tay	Hokkien · Teochew

All surname characters and spellings

Spellings of 鄭 in Malaysia

ChangSpelling common in Hakka, Teochew, Cantonese romanizationAlso stands for 張, 章, 曾
ChengSpelling common in Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese, Mandarin (pinyin) romanizationAlso stands for 鍾, 程
ZhengSpelling common in Mandarin (pinyin) romanization
TaySpelling common in Hokkien, Teochew romanization

Character readings and definition: Unicode Unihan Database (Unicode License). A spelling describes how the name is written, not anyone’s dialect or background.