name
Meaning 1
A surname from Chinese.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Zhang Yitang, a Chinese mathematician
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
zhang
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/d͡ʒæŋ/
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/ʒæŋ/
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/zæŋ/
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jäng
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zäng
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homophone: Chang
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homophone: Jhang
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CMU ARPABET: ZH AE1 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: ZH AA1 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A river in Shanxi, Henan and Hebei, China.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
A river in Fujian, China.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A traditional Chinese unit of length, 10 Chinese feet or 1/150 Chinese mile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 張 /张 (Zhāng). Doublet of Truong.
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 章 (Zhāng).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 漳 (Zhāng).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 丈 (zhàng).
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Cantonese: 張 /张 (zoeng1) — Chinese surnames
- Chinese Mandarin: 張 /张 (Zhāng) — Chinese surnames
- Japanese: 張 (Chō) — Chinese surnames
- Japanese: チャン (Chan) — Chinese surnames
- Japanese: ジャン — Chinese surnames
- Korean: 장 (Jang) — Chinese surnames
- Russian: Чжан (Čžan) — Chinese surnames
- Vietnamese: Trương — Chinese surnames
- Chinese Mandarin: 章 (Zhāng) — Chinese surname
- Chinese Mandarin: 漳 (Zhāng) — rivers
Real reading context