name
Meaning 1
A surname from Mandarin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
chang
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Sound
Pronunciation
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jäng
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/t͡ʃæŋ/ without æ-raising
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/ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯ŋ/ æ-raising
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rhymes with -æŋ
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homophone: Jhang
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homophone: Zhang
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chäng
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CMU ARPABET: CH AE1 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname from Chinese.
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name
Meaning 3
A surname from Korean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 4
A Naga language spoken in north-eastern India.
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name
Meaning 5
A gewog of Thimphu District, Bhutan.
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noun
Meaning 6
A traditional harp of central and southwest Asia
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: often italicized
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noun
Meaning 7
the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Chang Jiang, Changjiang, Yangtze, Yangtze River, Yangtze Kiang
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: river
History
Etymology
From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin 張/张 (Zhāng) Wade-Giles romanization: Chang1. Doublet of Teo.
From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin 章 (Zhāng) Wade-Giles romanization: Chang1.
From Mandarin 常 (Cháng).
From Chinese 鄭/郑, either via Hakka Chhang or Cantonese zeng6.
From Korean 장 (jang).
Borrowed from Dzongkha ལྕང་ (lcang)
From Persian چنگ (čang).
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 張 /张 (Zhāng) — surname
- Vietnamese: Trương — surname
- Chinese Mandarin: 章 (Zhāng) — surname
- Chinese Mandarin: 常 (Cháng) — surname
Real reading context