Chang

See also: chang, cháng, chàng, chāng, chẳng, and chǎng

English

Pronunciation

• (generally) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃæŋ/
• Rhymes: -æŋ

Etymology 1

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin 張／张 (Zhāng) Wade-Giles romanization: Chang¹. Doublet of Teo.

Alternative forms

• Zhang (Hanyu Pinyin)
• Jhang (Tongyong Pinyin)

Pronunciation

• enPR: jäng

Proper noun

Chang

1. A surname from Mandarin.
   • 2001 October 16, Benjamin Kang Lim, “Chang Hsueh-liang, 100, Dies”, in The Washington Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 October 2020‎^[2]:

     Former Chinese warlord Chang Hsueh-liang, who along with Chinese Communists kidnapped Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek and changed the course of Chinese history, died in Hawaii on Oct. 15, Taiwan and Chinese news agencies reported. He was 100. […]
     Chang was born June 3, 1901, in the northeastern province of Liaoning, the son of Manchurian military strongman Chang Tso-lin.

   • 2001 October 19, Nicholas Kristof, “Zhang Xueliang, 100, Dies; Warlord and Hero of China”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 October 2009, World‎^[4]:

     Zhang Xueliang, whose name was also rendered Chang Hsueh-liang, was born in 1901 in Manchuria. His father, Zhang Zuolin, a leading warlord known as "the Old Marshal," was assassinated in 1928 by the Japanese. "The Young Marshal" emerged in his place as one of the most powerful military figures in China.

Translations

surname

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 張／张 (zh) (Zhāng)

• Vietnamese: Trương (張)

Etymology 2

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin 章 (Zhāng) Wade-Giles romanization: Chang¹.

Alternative forms

• Zhang (Hanyu Pinyin)

Pronunciation

• enPR: jäng

Proper noun

Chang

1. A surname from Chinese.

Translations

surname

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 章 (zh) (Zhāng)

Etymology 3

From Mandarin 常 (Cháng).

Pronunciation

• enPR: chäng

Proper noun

Chang

1. A surname from Chinese.

Translations

surname

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 常 (zh) (Cháng)

Etymology 4

From Chinese 鄭／郑, either via Hakka Chhang or Cantonese zeng⁶.

Proper noun

Chang

1. A surname from Chinese.

Etymology 5

From Korean 장 (jang).

Alternative forms

• Jang, Zang

Proper noun

Chang

1. A surname from Korean.

Etymology 6

Proper noun

Chang

1. A Naga language spoken in north-eastern India.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Chang terms

Anagrams

• ganch

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hakka 鄭／郑 (zhèng).

Proper noun

Chang

1. a surname from Hakka

Tagalog

Etymology

From Cantonese 曾 (Zang¹), via English Chang. Doublet of Chan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaŋ/, [ˈt͡ʃaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ

Proper noun

Chang (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜅ᜔)

1. a surname from English [in turn from Cantonese] of Chinese origin

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Chang is the 579th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 15,660 individuals.