Chang

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃæŋ/
• Rhymes: -æŋ

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• (from Hanyu Pinyin) Zhang

Proper noun

Chang

1. A surname from Chinese.

Translations

surname

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 張／张 (zh), 张 (zh) (Zhāng)

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• Vietnamese: Trương (張)

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• (from Hanyu Pinyin) Zhang

Proper noun

Chang

1. A surname from Chinese.

Translations

surname

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 章 (zh) (Zhāng)

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Etymology 3

From Mandarin 常 (Cháng).

Proper noun

Chang

1. A surname from Chinese.

Translations

surname

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 常 (zh) (Cháng)

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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

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Hakka 鄭／郑 (zhèng).

Proper noun

Chang

1. a surname from Hakka

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Tagalog

Etymology

From 曾 (Chng) or Cantonese 曾 (Zang¹).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Chang

1. a surname 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.