Jhang

English

Alternative forms

• Chang (also from Wade–Giles)
• Zhang (Hanyu Pinyin)

Etymology

The Mandarin 張／张 (Zhāng) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Jhang.

Proper noun

Jhang

1. A surname from Mandarin.
   • 2017, “Minor Leagues”, in Baseball America 2018 Almanac‎^[1], Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 372:

     The big blow in the decisive third game came from catcher Jin-De Jhang, whose three-run triple gave Altoona all the breathing room it needed.

   • 2018 June 1, “Jin-De Jhang gives Altoona Curve second straight walk-off win”, in The Express‎^[2], →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 September 2023, Local Sports‎^[3]:

     For the second straight game, the Altoona Curve beat the Akron RubberDucks, 4-3, in walk-off fashion on a game-winning single by Jin-De Jhang on Thursday at Peoples Natural Gas Field. […]
     After Logan Hill was hit by a pitch, Elvis Escobar pinch ran for Craig at second base prior to Jhang’s game winner.

   • 2022 April 2, “EDITORIAL: Indigenous issues need attention”, in Taipei Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-04-01, Editorials, page 8‎^[5]:

     Council official Du Jhang Mei-jhuang (杜張梅莊) last month said that 10,000 of the 260,000 hectares of land designated as Indigenous Reserved Land have been “lost” through fraudulent sales and deed transfers.

   • 2022 August 7, Lyla Liu, “Creative Expo Taiwan features ocean party, foot bath, and Formosa ice shop”, in Taiwan News‎^[6], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 August 2022, Culture‎^[7]:

     Some of the places are being opened for the first time, such as the former residence of Jhang Syue-liang (張學良). Meanwhile, a car used to transport former dictator Chiang Kai-shek’s (蔣中正) is also on display for the public to sit in.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Jhang.