Chang
English
Pronunciation
- (without æ-raising) IPA(key): /t͡ʃæŋ/Category:English 1-syllable words#CHANGCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CHANG
- Rhymes: -æŋCategory:Rhymes:English/æŋ#CHANGCategory:Rhymes:English/æŋ/1 syllable#CHANG
- Hyphenation: Chang
- Homophones: Jhang, ZhangCategory:English terms with homophones#CHANG
Etymology 1
From the Wade-Giles romanization of MandarinCategory:English terms borrowed from Mandarin#CHANGCategory:English terms derived from Mandarin#CHANG 張/张 (Zhāng) Wade-Giles romanization: Chang¹. Doublet of TeoCategory:English doublets#CHANG.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- enPR: jäng
Proper noun
ChangCategory:English lemmas#CHANGCategory:English proper nouns#CHANGCategory:English uncountable nouns#CHANGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHANGCategory:Pages with entries#CHANGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CHANG
- A surname from MandarinCategory:English surnames#CHANGCategory:English surnames from Mandarin#CHANG.
- 2001 October 16, Benjamin Kang Lim, “Chang Hsueh-liang, 100, Dies”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 October 2020:
- Former Chinese warlord Chang Hsueh-liang, who along with Chinese Communists kidnapped Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek and changed the course of Chinese history, died in Hawaii on Oct. 15, Taiwan and Chinese news agencies reported. He was 100. […]Category:English terms with quotations#CHANG
Chang was born June 3, 1901, in the northeastern province of Liaoning, the son of Manchurian military strongman Chang Tso-lin.
- 2001 October 19, Nicholas Kristof, “Zhang Xueliang, 100, Dies; Warlord and Hero of China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 October 2009, World:
- Zhang Xueliang, whose name was also rendered Chang Hsueh-liang, was born in 1901 in Manchuria. His father, Zhang Zuolin, a leading warlord known as "the Old Marshal," was assassinated in 1928 by the Japanese. "The Young Marshal" emerged in his place as one of the most powerful military figures in China.Category:English terms with quotations#CHANG
- 2025 February 10, Chang Yi-lien, Kay Liu, “Kaohsiung police identify remains of victims in suspected murders”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 11 February 2025, Society:
- The man surnamed Chang (張) on Monday was taken back to his residence in Cianjhen District to clarify how the alleged murders took place after blood samples collected at his home last week matched DNA samples provided by family members of three previously reported missing women.Category:English terms with quotations#CHANG
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From the Wade-Giles romanization of MandarinCategory:English terms borrowed from Mandarin#CHANGCategory:English terms derived from Mandarin#CHANG 章 (Zhāng) Wade-Giles romanization: Chang¹.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- enPR: jäng
Proper noun
ChangCategory:English lemmas#CHANGCategory:English proper nouns#CHANGCategory:English uncountable nouns#CHANGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHANGCategory:Pages with entries#CHANGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CHANG
- A surname from ChineseCategory:English surnames#CHANGCategory:English surnames from Chinese#CHANG.
- 2025 March 24, Hans Lin, Chao Yen-hsiang, “Taiwanese high school students advance to U.S. robotics championship”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 24 March 2025, Culture:
- Chang Chen-wei (章宸瑋), a second-year high school student, said he learned a lot from the American participants, whom he said "did not just come here to compete."Category:English terms with quotations#CHANG
Describing the local teams as valuing more than just wins and losses, Chang said he was impressed by their collaboration and enjoyment of the process, which allowed them to showcase their individual talents.
Translations
Etymology 3
From MandarinCategory:English terms borrowed from Mandarin#CHANGCategory:English terms derived from Mandarin#CHANG 常 (Cháng)Category:Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#CHANG.
Pronunciation
- enPR: chäng
Proper noun
ChangCategory:English lemmas#CHANGCategory:English proper nouns#CHANGCategory:English uncountable nouns#CHANGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHANGCategory:Pages with entries#CHANGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CHANG
Translations
Etymology 4
From ChineseCategory:English terms borrowed from Chinese#CHANGCategory:English terms derived from Chinese#CHANG 鄭/郑, either via HakkaCategory:English terms borrowed from Hakka#CHANGCategory:English terms derived from Hakka#CHANG Chhang or CantoneseCategory:English terms borrowed from Cantonese#CHANGCategory:English terms derived from Cantonese#CHANG zeng6.
Proper noun
ChangCategory:English lemmas#CHANGCategory:English proper nouns#CHANGCategory:English uncountable nouns#CHANGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHANGCategory:Pages with entries#CHANGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CHANG
Etymology 5
From KoreanCategory:English terms borrowed from Korean#CHANGCategory:English terms derived from Korean#CHANG 장 (jang).
Alternative forms
Proper noun
ChangCategory:English lemmas#CHANGCategory:English proper nouns#CHANGCategory:English uncountable nouns#CHANGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHANGCategory:Pages with entries#CHANGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CHANG
Etymology 6
Proper noun
ChangCategory:English lemmas#CHANGCategory:English proper nouns#CHANGCategory:English uncountable nouns#CHANGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHANGCategory:Pages with entries#CHANGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CHANG
Etymology 7
Borrowed from DzongkhaCategory:English terms borrowed from Dzongkha#CHANGCategory:English terms derived from Dzongkha#CHANG ལྕང་ (lcang)
Proper noun
ChangCategory:English lemmas#CHANGCategory:English proper nouns#CHANGCategory:English uncountable nouns#CHANGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHANGCategory:Pages with entries#CHANGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CHANG
See also
Anagrams
Category:en:Languages#CHANGIndonesian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from HokkienCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Hokkien#CHANGCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Hokkien#CHANG 張 / 张 (Tiang). Doublet of Teo and ChongCategory:Indonesian doublets#CHANG.
Proper noun
ChangCategory:Indonesian lemmas#CHANGCategory:Indonesian proper nouns#CHANGCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#CHANGCategory:Pages with entries#CHANGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CHANG
- a Chinese Indonesian surname from HokkienCategory:Indonesian surnames#CHANGCategory:Indonesian surnames from Hokkien#CHANG
Tagalog
Etymology
From CantoneseCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Cantonese#CHAN 曾 (Zang1), via EnglishCategory:Tagalog terms borrowed from English#CHANCategory:Tagalog terms derived from English#CHAN Chang. Doublet of ChanCategory:Tagalog doublets#CHAN.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaŋ/ [ˈt͡ʃaŋ]Category:Tagalog 1-syllable words#CHANCategory:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation#CHAN
- IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈtsaŋ/ [ˈt͡saŋ]Category:Tagalog 1-syllable words#CHANCategory:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation#CHAN
- Rhymes: -aŋCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/aŋ#CHANCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/aŋ/1 syllable#CHAN
- Syllabification: ChangCategory:Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation#CHAN
Proper noun
Chang (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜅ᜔)Category:Tagalog lemmas#CHANCategory:Tagalog proper nouns#CHANCategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#CHANCategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#CHANCategory:Tagalog terms spelled with C#CHANCategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#CHANCategory:Pages with entries#CHANGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CHANG
- a Chinese Filipino surname from English [in turn from Cantonese]Category:Tagalog surnames#CHANCategory:Tagalog surnames from English#CHANCategory:Tagalog surnames from Cantonese#CHAN
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Chang is the 579th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 15,660 individuals.
