Chinese surname
Surname Cheng
鍾 · 鄭 · 程
Cheng is a Chinese surname that can stand for 鍾 (Hokkien or Teochew), 鄭 (Cantonese) or 程 (Mandarin), depending on the family's characters.
Characters for the surname Cheng
The spelling Cheng is common in Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese and Mandarin (pinyin) romanization.
- 鍾
wine vessel; to concentrate one's affection; surname
Hokkien cheng / Teochew zêng1 / Mandarin zhōng
attested
- 鄭
the state of Zheng in the Zhou era; surname
Cantonese zeng6 / Mandarin zhèng (Wade–Giles Chêng)
attested
- 程
rule, procedure; journey; surname
Mandarin chéng
鍾 all spellings of zhōng鄭 all spellings of zhèng程 all spellings of chéng
Possible characters for Cheng
| Character | Mandarin reading · romanization of the spelling |
|---|---|
| 鍾 | zhōng · Hokkien · Teochew |
| 鄭 | zhèng · Cantonese |
| 程 | chéng · Mandarin |
Other spellings of the same character
About the surname Cheng
Cheng is a surname spelling that can stand for several characters. For 鍾 (simplified 钟, Mandarin Zhong) it matches the Hokkien reading cheng and Teochew zêng1. For 鄭 (Mandarin Zheng) it comes from the Cantonese reading zeng6 and from the Wade–Giles spelling of Mandarin. Both characters are recorded in public data for Malaysians spelled Cheng. In pinyin, Cheng is also the spelling of 程. The meaning depends on the characters a family uses.
Sources
- Wiktionary: 鍾 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 鍾 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 鄭 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 鄭 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 程 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 程 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: Cheng (English surname) · en.wiktionary.org · romanization
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