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Surname Zheng

鄭

Zheng is the Mandarin pinyin spelling of the Chinese surname 鄭, spelled Tay, Teh, Cheng or Chang in other dialects.

Characters for the surname Zheng

The spelling Zheng is common in Mandarin (pinyin) romanization.

  • 鄭

    name of an ancient state; surname

    Mandarin zhèng

鄭 all spellings of zhèng

Possible characters for Zheng

Zheng 鄭 zhèng · Mandarin
In our records the spelling Zheng stands for 鄭.
CharacterMandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
鄭zhèng · Mandarin

Other spellings of the same character

  • Chang 鄭Hakka, Teochew, Cantonese
  • Cheng 鄭Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese, Mandarin (pinyin)
  • Tay 鄭Hokkien, Teochew

About the surname Zheng

Zheng is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the surname 鄭 (simplified 郑). The same character is spelled Teh or Tee in Hokkien (tēⁿ/tīⁿ), Tay in Teochew (dên7), Cheng in Cantonese (zeng6) and Chang in Hakka (chhang). It is also the name of an ancient state of the Zhou period.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 鄭 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 鄭 · mdbg.net · meaning

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