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Surname Tiong

張

Tiong is a Chinese surname, the Foochow spelling of 張 (Zhang), which as a word means 'to stretch'.

Characters for the surname Tiong

The spelling Tiong is common in Foochow and Hokkien romanization.

  • 張

    to stretch, open up; sheet; surname

    Foochow diŏng / Hokkien tiong / Mandarin zhāng

    attested

張 all spellings of zhāng

Possible characters for Tiong

Tiong 張 zhāng · Hokkien · Foochow
In our records the spelling Tiong stands for 張.
CharacterMandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
張zhāng · Hokkien · Foochow

Other spellings of the same character

  • Chong 張Hakka, Cantonese
  • Teo 張Teochew, Hokkien
  • Chang 張Hakka, Teochew, Cantonese
  • Cheong 張Cantonese
  • Teoh 張Hokkien
  • Zhang 張Mandarin (pinyin)

About the surname Tiong

Tiong is a surname spelling of 張 (simplified 张, Mandarin Zhang) that comes mainly from Foochow, where 張 is read diŏng. The Hokkien literary reading tiong also fits the spelling. The same character is spelled Teo in everyday Hokkien and Cheong in Cantonese. 张 and 張 are recorded in public data for Malaysians spelled Tiong; what a surname means depends on the characters a family uses.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 張 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 張 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: Tiong (English surname) · en.wiktionary.org · romanization

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