Zhang

Zhang

See also: zhang, zhāng, zhǎng, zhàng, and Zhāng

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) Chang

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒæŋ/, /ʒæŋ/

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 張／张 (Zhāng). Doublet of Truong.

Proper noun

Zhang

1. A surname from Chinese.

   Zhang Yitang, a Chinese mathematician

Synonyms

• (from Cantonese) Cheung

Translations

Chinese surnames

Chinese: Cantonese: 張, 张 (zoeng1) Mandarin: 張／张 (zh) (Zhāng) Japanese: 張 (ja) (ちょう, Chō), チャン (Chan), ジャン (Jan) Korean: 장(張) (ko) (Jang) Russian: Чжан (ru) (Čžan) Vietnamese: Trương (張)

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 章 (Zhāng).

Proper noun

Zhang

1. A surname from Chinese.

Related terms

• Cheung

Translations

Chinese surname

Chinese: Mandarin: 章 (zh) (Zhāng)

Etymology 3

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 漳 (Zhāng).

Proper noun

Zhang

1. A river in Shanxi, Henan and Hebei, China
   • 1996, Seybolt, Peter J., “Introduction: Houhua Village in Space and Time”, in Throwing the Emperor from His Horse: Portrait of a Village Leader in China, 1923-1995‎, Westview Press, →ISBN, LCCN 96-32797, OCLC 487447523, page 10:

     Until the recent construction of a system of roads, the Wei River was northern Henan Province's principal link with the outside world, connecting it with the Grand Canal and thence the city of Tianjin and the sea.[...]In addition, just to the northwest of the county lies the tempestuous Zhang River; usually shallow, it becomes a raging torrent during heavy monsoon rains, flooding the border area of northern Henan and southern Hebei provinces.

   • 2015 September 3, Pietz, David, “How History Shaped China's Water Crisis”, in The Diplomat‎, archived from the original on 06 September 2015:

     During the hot, dry month of August 1992 the farmers of Baishan village in Hebei province and Panyang village in Henan came to blows. Residents from each village hurled insults and rudimentary explosives at the other across the Zhang River – the river that feeds the Red Flag Canal Irrigation System and forms the border between the two provinces.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Zhang.
2. A river in Fujian, China

Translations

rivers

Chinese: Mandarin: 漳 (zh) (Zhāng)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Zhang is the 472nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 70,125 individuals. Zhang is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (98.1%) individuals.

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Mandarin 張／张 (Zhāng). Doublet of Tiu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaŋ/, [ˈt͡ʃaŋ]

Proper noun

Zhang

1. a surname from Mandarin of Chinese origin