Cheng

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cheng"

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛŋ/; (sometimes also) /t͡ʃʌŋ/, /t͡ʃɑŋ/, /t͡ʃæŋ/, /ʃɛŋ/, /ʃæŋ/, enPR: chǔngʹ, jǔngʹ

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 程 (Chéng).

Proper noun

Cheng (plural Chengs)

  1. A surname from Chinese.
    • , Washington, D.C.: Public Affairs Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 47:
      The philosopher-official 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 Emperior Shen-tsung (r. 1068-1085) and his reformist Prime Minister Wang An-shih (1019-1086).]

Etymology 2

From Mandarin or Cantonese 鄭／郑 (Mandarin: Zhèng; Cantonese: zeng6).

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Cheng (plural Chengs)

  1. A surname from Chinese.
    • 2023 January 20, “Police reprimanded for attending mob boss birthday party”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-01-20, Taiwan News, page 2‎:
      A sergeant in the Third Precinct’s criminal investigation division, surnamed Cheng (鄭), had invited seven other officers to the gathering at a restaurant in Keelung’s Nuannuan District (暖暖) on the evening of Friday last week, the bureau said in a statement.

Etymology 3

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From Mandarin 城 (Chéng).

Proper noun

Cheng

  1. A district of Yangquan, Shanxi, China.
  2. A district of Jincheng, Shanxi, China.
    • 2022 February 5, John Wang, “Shanxi, Jiangsu Churches Visit People”, in China Christian Daily‎, archived from the original on 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

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

Borrowed from Chinese 程 (chéng)/成 (chéng), etc.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cheng ?

  1. a surname from Chinese
  2. (very rare) a French surname from Chinese
    Anne Cheng, b. 1955

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 莊／庄 (Chng) and Cantonese 鄭／郑 (Zeng6).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cheng (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien
  2. a Chinese Filipino surname from Cantonese

See also

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