Chang

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

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃæŋ/
  • Rhymes: -æŋ

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Chang

  1. A surname from Chinese.
Translations

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Chang

  1. A surname from Chinese.
Translations
surname

Etymology 3

From Mandarin 常 (Cháng).

Proper noun

Chang

  1. A surname from Chinese.
Translations
surname

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

Proper noun

Chang

  1. A surname from Korean.

Proper noun

Chang

  1. A Naga language spoken in north-eastern India.

See also
  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Chang terms

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hakka 鄭／郑 (zhèng).

Proper noun

Chang

  1. a surname from Hakka

Tagalog

Etymology

From Cantonese 曾 (Zang1), via English Chang. Doublet of Chan.

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.

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