Chinese surname

Surname Chung

鍾 · 鐘

Chung is a Chinese surname, a Cantonese or Hakka spelling of 鍾 or 鐘 (Mandarin Zhong).

Characters for the surname Chung

The spelling Chung is common in Cantonese and Hakka romanization.

鍾

wine vessel; to concentrate one's love; surname

Cantonese zung1 / Hakka chûng / Mandarin zhōng
鐘

bell; clock; surname

Cantonese zung1 / Hakka chûng / Mandarin zhōng

鍾 all spellings of zhōng 鐘 all spellings of zhōng

Possible characters for Chung

The spelling Chung can stand for 2 characters. The spelling alone does not show which one a family uses.

Character	Mandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
鍾	zhōng · Cantonese · Hakka
鐘	zhōng · Cantonese · Hakka

Other spellings of the same character

Chong 鍾Hakka, Cantonese
Choong 鍾Hakka
Cheng 鍾Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese, Mandarin (pinyin)
Zhong 鍾鐘Mandarin (pinyin)

About the surname Chung

Chung is the Cantonese and Hakka spelling of the surname 鍾 (Mandarin Zhong), read zung1 in Cantonese and chûng in Hakka. The character 鐘 has the same readings and is also used as a surname. In Hakka the name is also often spelled Chong. The meaning depends on the character the family uses.

Sources

Wiktionary: 鍾 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
MDBG: 鍾 · mdbg.net · meaning
Wiktionary: 鐘 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
MDBG: 鐘 · mdbg.net · meaning

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Entry ID: mn02610 · Updated 2026-10-25 · Report a mistake