Chang () is the
pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese for ...
romanization
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of the
Chinese surname
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(''Cháng''). It was listed 80th among the
Song
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-era ''
Hundred Family Surnames
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''.
"Chang" is also the
Wade-Giles romanization of two Chinese surnames written
Zhang Zhang may refer to:
Chinese culture, etc.
* Zhang (surname) (張/张), common Chinese surname
** Zhang (surname 章), a rarer Chinese surname
* Zhang County (漳县), of Dingxi, Gansu
* Zhang River (漳河), a river flowing mainly in Henan
* ''Zha ...
in
pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese for ...
: one extremely common and written in
Traditional Chinese
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and in
Simplified Chinese
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Mathematics
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* Simplification of algebraic expressions, ...
, and another quite rare and written as in both systems. There is also a rare case of in Hong Kong written as Chang as well. For full details on them, see the "
Zhang Zhang may refer to:
Chinese culture, etc.
* Zhang (surname) (張/张), common Chinese surname
** Zhang (surname 章), a rarer Chinese surname
* Zhang County (漳县), of Dingxi, Gansu
* Zhang River (漳河), a river flowing mainly in Henan
* ''Zha ...
" and "
Zheng Zheng may refer to:
*Zheng (surname), Chinese surname (鄭, 郑, ''Zhèng'')
*Zheng County, former name of Zhengzhou, capital of Henan, China
*Guzheng (), a Chinese zither with bridges
*Qin Shi Huang (259 BC – 210 BC), emperor of the Qin Dynasty, ...
" article. In
Macao
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, this is the spelling of the surname "
Zeng
Zeng (, ) is a Chinese family name. In Cantonese, it is Tsang; In Wade-Giles, such as those in Taiwan, Tseng or Tzeng; in Malaysia and Singapore, Chen or Cheng; in the Philippines, Chan; in Indonesia, Tjan; in Vietnam, Tăng. The surname Zeng is ...
" . "Chang" is also a common spelling of the surname / (
Chen in Mandarin pinyin) in
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.
Romanization
常 is romanized as Ch'ang in
Wade-Giles, although the apostrophe is often omitted in practice. It is romanized as Soeng and
Sheung in
Cantonese
Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding are ...
; Seong and Siông in
Minnan languages
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; and
Sioh in
Teochew. It is occasionally romanized
Sōng and
Thōng as well.
It is the source of the
Vietnamese surname
Traditional Vietnamese personal names generally consist of three parts, used in Eastern name order.
* A family name (normally patrilineal, The father’s family name may be combined with the mother's family name to form a compound family name).
...
Thường and the
Korean surname
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romanized
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as
Sang (). It is also another Romanization of the Korean surname
Jang.
In Japanese, it is
romanized
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as Jō.
Distribution
常 was unlisted among the
most recent rankings of the 100 most common Chinese surnames in
mainland China
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and on
Taiwan
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based on household registrations in 2007, although the Ministry of Public Security in 2008 listed it as the 87th most common surname in China based on its database of National Identity Cards, shared by at least 2.4 million Chinese citizens.
[中国最新300大姓排名(2008]
tatistics on the number of citizens with each surname in China, based on records of National Identity Cards" 2009-01-06. Accessed 20 Jun 2015. It was the
94th-most-common surname during the
1982 Chinese census
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.
is the
third-most-common surname in
mainland China
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, making up 6.83% of the population of the People's Republic of China, although there it is officially rendered into the Latin alphabet as ''Zhang''.
[公安部统计:'王'成中国第一大姓 有9288万人]
ublic Security Bureau Statistics: 'Wang' Found China's #1 'Big Family', Includes 92.88m People" 24 Apr 2007. Accessed 27 Mar 2012. Its Traditional Chinese variant is the
fourth-most-common surname in Taiwan, making up 5.26% of the population of the Republic of China.
[中华百家姓-千字文-国学经典-文化经典.]
中国台湾姓氏排行
aiwan (China) Surname Ranking Aiwan may refer to:
*Eyvan, a city in Iran
*Shalimar Gardens (Lahore)
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. 8 Jun 2010. Accessed 1 Apr 2012.
"Chang" is a
common Chinese surname in the
United States
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, ranked 687th among all surnames during the
1990 census and 424th during the year
2000 census.
US Census Bureau
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. Public Broadcasting Service
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.
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Accessed 6 Apr 2012. It was ranked 11th among all surnames held by
Asians and Pacific Islanders
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and 6th among all surnames held by
Chinese Americans
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in 2000, well ahead of the pinyin variant "Zhang".
United States Census Bureau
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.
Genealogy Data: Frequently Occurring Surnames from Census 2000
. 27 Sept 2011. Accessed 29 Mar 2012.
"Chang" is a common surname in
Peru
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, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
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, national_motto = "Fi ...
, where it was adopted by
Cantonese immigrants as a variant spelling of
Chen (陈 or 陳).
Origin
The pronunciation of Chang in
Old Chinese
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has been reconstructed as ''*daŋ''. Its original meaning was "constant" or "often". By the time of
Middle Chinese
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, the pronunciation had shifted to ''Dzyang''.
[Baxter, Wm. H. & Sagart, Laurent. '' '', p. 33. 2011. Accessed 11 October 2011.]
Notable people with the surname Chang
; 張 and 张
*
Angela Chang
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She debuted and rose to fame with the Taiwanese television dramas ''My MVP Valentine'' (2002 ...
(born 1982), Taiwanese singer and actress.
*
Chang Cheh
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, Hong Kong film director
*
Chang Chen-yue
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or "A-Yue", Taiwanese rock musician.
*
Chang Ching-sen
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(born 1959), Governor of
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*
Chang Fei
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or "Fei Ge", Taiwanese television personality.
*
Chang Jin-fu
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(born 1948), Governor of
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(2009–2010)
*
Chang King-yuh
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Education
Chang obtained his bachelor's degree in law from National ...
(born 1937), Minister of
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of the Republic of China (1996–1999)
*
Chang Liang-jen
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ROC Representative to Indonesia
Garbage trucks donation
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(born 1946), Deputy Minister of
National Defense
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of the Republic of China (2008–2009)
*
Chang Li-shan
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(born 1964),
Magistrate
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-elect of
Yunlin County
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*
Chang San-cheng
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(born 1954),
Premier of the Republic of China
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(2016)
*
Chang Tzi-chin
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Chang earned his bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from National Cheng ...
, Deputy Magistrate of
Taipei County
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(2005–2006)
*
Chen Chung Chang
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(1927–2014), mathematician
*
Deserts Chang
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, Taiwanese singer/songwriter.
*
Feiping Chang
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Early life
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, Taiwanese-born Hong Kong socialite and fashion blogger
*
Edmond E-min Chang
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Early life and education
Chang was born in New York City to immigrants from Taiwan, He earned a ...
(born 1970),
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former lawyer and current federal district judge for northern Illinois, appointed by President
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in 2010
*
Eileen Chang
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(1920–1995), Chinese writer
*
Erchen Chang
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Career
Erchen Chang lived in Taiwan until she was 14, and was schooled some distance away from where ...
, Taiwanese chef
*
Eva Fong Chang
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(1897–1991), American artist
*
Franklin Chang-Díaz
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(born 1950) a former
NASA
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astronaut from
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.
*
Chang Hui-mei
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or "
A-mei
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", aboriginal Taiwanese singer and occasional songwriter.
*
Iris Chang
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(1968–2004), American historian and journalist
*
Jeff Chang, Taiwanese singer
*
Jung Chang
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Her 832-page ...
, Chinese writer and author of ''Wild Swans''
*
Chang Kai-chen (born 1991), Taiwanese tennis player
* Kathleen Chang, birth name of
Kathy Change
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, a political activist who committed suicide by self-immolation at the
University of Pennsylvania
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in 1996
*
Katharine Chang
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Early life
Chang obtained her bachelor's degree from the Department of Diplomacy of National Chengchi University. She then obtained her master's degree in international relatio ...
, Chairperson of
Straits Exchange Foundation
*
Chang King Hai
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Career
Born and started his care ...
Chinese international footballer in 1948 Olympics
*
Li Fung Chang
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, Taiwanese communications engineer
*
Michael Te-Pei Chang
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(born 1972),
Chinese American
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tennis player
*
Peng Chun Chang
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Biogr ...
(1892–1957), Chinese professor, philosopher, and playwright who played a pivotal role in drafting the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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*
Phil Chang, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and television personality
*
Shi-Kuo Chang
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Life and career
Chang was born in Chongqing in 1944 and grew up in Taiwan. After completing an undergraduate degree in electrica ...
, Taiwanese computer scientist and science fiction author
*
Tseng Chang
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On 25 January 2021, ...
(1930–2021), Chinese American actor
*
Victor Chang
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(1936–1991), Chinese Australian cardiac surgeon
*
Chang Yu-sheng
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(1966–1997), Taiwanese singer, composer, and producer
; 陳 and 陈
*
José Antonio Chang
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, Peruvian politician.
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. 15 September 2010. Accessed 22 December 2016.
; 常
*
Chang Yuchun (1330–1369), a
Ming
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general
*
Elliott Charng, representative of the
Republic of China
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to Australia
; 章
*
John Chiang, a Taiwanese politician formerly surnamed "Chang".
; Other/unknown
*
Ivan Miranda Chang, Peruvian tennis player.
*
Meiyang Chang
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,
Chinese Indian television artist
; Fictional characters
* Chang, a henchman in the
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film ''
Moonraker'' played by the
Franco-Japanese aikido instructor
Toshiro Suga
*
Cho Chang
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, a character in the ''
Harry Potter
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'' novels officially
Sinified as (''Zhang Qiu''), sometimes alternately claimed by Cantonese
Caos or even Korean
Chos
*
Kenny Chang, a character played by Robert Hoang in the British web series ''
Corner Shop Show''.
*
Leia Chang, a character in the television show ''
Degrassi: The Next Generation'' played by the
Chinese Canadian
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actress
Judy Jiao
*
Mike Chang, a Chinese American character in the TV series ''Glee'', played by
Chinese Latin American
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actor
Harry Shum Junior
*
Michelle Chang
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, a part-Native-American, part-Chinese fighter in the video game franchise, ''
Tekken
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The ...
''.
*
Julia Chang, Michelle Chang's adopted daughter, a Native-American fighter and ecologist in the video game franchise, ''
Tekken
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The ...
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Tina Cohen-Chang
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, a Chinese American character in the TV series ''Glee'', played by
Korean-American
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actress
Jenna Ushkowitz
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Tony Chang, a character played by Michael Truong in the British web series ''
Corner Shop Show''.
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Chang Chong-Chen, a character in ''
The Adventures of Tintin
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'' series, inspired by
Hergé's real-life friend
Zhang Chongren
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Ben Chang
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, a character in the TV series ''
Community
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'', played by actor
Ken Jeong
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Manpukumaru Chang, a character from ''
Valkyrie Drive- Bhikkhuni''
* Corki Chang and her father Mr. Chang, characters from ''
Make It Pop
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* The Chang family (Sid, Adelaide, Becca, and Stanley), a group of characters who mainly appear in ''
The Casagrandes''
See also
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Xu (surname) Xu can refer to the following Chinese surnames that are homographs when Romanized using their Mandarin pronunciations:
* Xu (surname 徐)
* Xu (surname 許)
* Xu (surname 須)
The tones of these surnames are different in Mandarin, but if the tone ...
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List of common Chinese surnames
References
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Chinese-language surnames
Individual Chinese surnames