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Cheng
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Appendix:Variations of "cheng"
English
Pronunciation
en /t͡ʃɛŋ/ ; /t͡ʃʌŋ/<a:sometimes also> /t͡ʃɑŋ/ /t͡ʃæŋ/ /ʃɛŋ/ /ʃæŋ/, chǔng jǔng
Etymology 1
From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of en cmn 程 Chéng.
Pronunciation
chǔng
Proper noun
s
en Chinese Mandarin.
en 1965 Franklin W. Houn The Chinese Monarch and Limits on Royal Power Chinese Political Traditions https://archive.org/details/chinesepolitical0000fran/ Washington, D.C. w:Public Affairs Press 65-28457 560233905 47 https://archive.org/details/chinesepolitical0000fran/page/47/ The philosopher-official Cheng Hao Ch’eng Hao (1033-1084), for example, won much esteem from officialdom and the intelligentsia when, as the magistrate of Fu-kou county, he stubbornly refused to implement the pao-chia system which was one of the prized projects of EmperiorEmperor Shen-tsung (r. 1068-1085) and his reformist Prime Minister Wang An-shih (1019-1086). on
Etymology 2
From en yue 鄭 and the en cmn-wadegiles Chêng4 romanization of en cmn 鄭 Zhèng.
Alternative forms
from Hanyu Pinyin en Zheng
Pronunciation
jǔng
Proper noun
s
en Chinese Cantonese.
en Chinese Mandarin.
en January 20, 2023 Police reprimanded for attending mob boss birthday party https://web.archive.org/web/20230120074823/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2023/01/20/2003792905 w:Taipei Times 1563-9525 464696902 Taiwan News 2 A sergeant in the Third Precinct’s criminal investigation division, surnamed Cheng (zh 鄭), had invited seven other officers to the gathering at a restaurant in Keelung’s Nuannuan District (zh 暖暖) on the evening of Friday last week, the bureau said in a statement.
en 05/31/2026 Elaine Hou Evelyn Kao KMT head to discuss cross-strait stability in Washington w:Focus Taiwan https://web.archive.org/web/20260601050322/https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202605310007 Washington/Taipei, May 31 (CNA) https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202605310007 June 01, 2026 Politics The chairperson of Taiwan's opposition Kuomintang (KMT), Cheng Li-wun (zh 鄭麗文), will depart for the United States on Monday for a two-week visit, during which she will discuss Taiwan-related issues with American lawmakers, officials and policy experts, a KMT official said Sunday.Cheng and her delegation will begin their U.S. visit on the West Coast with a stop in San Francisco before traveling to the East Coast, where they will visit New York, Washington, D.C., and Boston.
Etymology 3
From en nan-hbl 莊 Chng.
Alternative forms
en Ching
Proper noun
s
en Chinese Hokkien.
Etymology 4
Cheng District, Jincheng
From en cmn - 城 Chéng.
Pronunciation
chǔng
Proper noun
en district prefecture-level city/Yangquan province/Shanxi c/China.
en district prefecture-level city/Jincheng province/Shanxi c/China.
en February 05, 2022 John Wang Shanxi, Jiangsu Churches Visit People China Christian Daily https://web.archive.org/web/20220207063640/http://chinachristiandaily.com/news/church_ministry/2022-02-05/shanxi--jiangsu-churches-visit-people_11132 7 February 2022 The staff from the Cheng District Christian Council (CC) in Jincheng City, Shanxi Province, presented hand warmers, eight treasure congees, and instant noodles on January 28 to pandemic prevention workers in Guanxiang Community Neighborhood Committee, Cheng District CC&TSPM reported.
Translations
district
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 城 Chéng
Japanese: ja
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Cheng is the 1063rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 32982 individuals. Cheng is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (94.63%) individuals.
French
Etymology
fr zh 程/zh 成, etc.
Pronunciation
Tchèŋ
Proper noun
fr Chinese
fr very rare fr French Chinese
Anne Cheng fr Anne Cheng, b. 1955
Related terms
fr Tcheng
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
tl nan-hbl 莊 Chng and tl yue 鄭 Zeng6.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
+
tl Chinese Filipino Hokkien
tl Chinese Filipino Cantonese
See also
tl Ching Chung Chong