Chang

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

English

Pronunciation

• (without /æ/ raising) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃæŋ/
  • (/æ/ raising) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯ŋ/
• Rhymes: -æŋ
• Hyphenation: Chang
• Homophones: Jhang, Zhang

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• Zhang (Hanyu Pinyin)
• Jhang (Tongyong Pinyin)

Pronunciation

• enPR: jäng

Proper noun

Chang

1. A surname from Mandarin.
   • 2001 October 16, Benjamin Kang Lim, “Chang Hsueh-liang, 100, Dies”, in The Washington Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 October 2020‎^[2]:

     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. […]
     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^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 October 2009, World‎^[4]:

     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.

   • 2025 February 10, Chang Yi-lien, Kay Liu, “Kaohsiung police identify remains of victims in suspected murders”, in Focus Taiwan‎^[5], archived from the original on 11 February 2025, Society‎^[6]:

     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.

Derived terms

• Chang-chia-k'ou
• Chang-ch'iao
• Chang River

Translations

surname

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 張 / 张 (zh) (Zhāng)

• Vietnamese: Trương (張)

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• Zhang (Hanyu Pinyin)

Pronunciation

• enPR: jäng

Proper noun

Chang

1. A surname from Chinese.
   • 2025 March 24, Hans Lin, Chao Yen-hsiang, “Taiwanese high school students advance to U.S. robotics championship”, in Focus Taiwan‎^[7], archived from the original on 24 March 2025, Culture‎^[8]:

     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."
     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

surname

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 章 (zh) (Zhāng)

Etymology 3

From Mandarin 常 (Cháng).

Pronunciation

• enPR: chäng

Proper noun

Chang

1. A surname from Chinese.

Translations

surname

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 常 (zh) (Cháng)

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

• Jang, Zang

Proper noun

Chang

1. A surname from Korean.

Etymology 6

Proper noun

Chang

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

Etymology 7

Borrowed from Dzongkha ལྕང་ (lcang)

Proper noun

Chang

1. A gewog of Thimphu District, Bhutan.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Chang terms

Anagrams

• ganch

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡saŋ/ [ˈt͡saŋ]
• Hyphenation: Chang

Proper noun

Chang (Badlit spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜅ᜔)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Cantonese

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• Tjang (chiefly 1901–1947, 1947–1972)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 張 / 张 (Tiang). Doublet of Teo and Chong.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃhaŋ/ [ˈt͡ʃhaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: Chang

Proper noun

Chang

1. a Chinese Indonesian surname from Hokkien

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaŋ/ [ˈt͡ʃaŋ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈtsaŋ/ [ˈt͡saŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: Chang

Proper noun

Chang (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜅ᜔)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Cantonese

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Chang is the 579th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 15,660 individuals.