Cheng

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛŋ/, sometimes also /t͡ʃʌŋ/, /t͡ʃɑŋ/, /t͡ʃæŋ/, /ʃɛŋ/, /ʃæŋ/

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 程 (Chéng).

Proper noun

Cheng (plural Chengs)

1. A surname from Chinese.

Etymology 2

From Mandarin or Cantonese 鄭／郑 (Mandarin: Zhèng; Cantonese: zeng⁶).

Alternative forms

• (from Hanyu Pinyin) Zheng

Proper noun

Cheng (plural Chengs)

1. A surname from Chinese.

Etymology 3

From Mandarin 城 (Chéng).

Proper noun

Cheng

1. A district of Yangquan, Shanxi, China.
2. A district of Jincheng, Shanxi, China.
   • 2022 February 5, Wang, John, “Shanxi, Jiangsu Churches Visit People”, in China Christian Daily‎^[1], archived from the original on 7 February 2022:

     The staff from the Cheng District Christian Council (CC) in Jincheng City, Shanxi Province, presented hand warmers, eight treasure congees, and instant noodles on January 28 to pandemic prevention workers in Guanxiang Community Neighborhood Committee, Cheng District CC&TSPM reported.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 城 (zh) (Chéng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cheng is the 1063^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 32982 individuals. Cheng is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (94.63%) individuals.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 程 (chéng)/成 (chéng), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃɛŋ/

Proper noun

Cheng ?

1. a surname from Chinese
2. (very rare) a French surname from Chinese

   Anne Cheng, b. 1955

Related terms

• Tcheng

 

Further reading

• filae.com

Tagalog

Etymology

From Hokkien 莊／庄 (Chng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃeŋ/, [ˈt͡ʃɛŋ]

Proper noun

Cheng

1. a surname from Min Nan of Chinese origin

See also

• Ching
• Chung
• Chong