Cheng

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

From Mandarin 程 (Chéng).

Cheng (plural Chengs)

1. A surname from Chinese.
   • [1965, Franklin W. Houn, “The Chinese Monarch and Limits on Royal Power”, in Chinese Political Traditions‎, Washington, D.C.: Public Affairs Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 47:

     The philosopher-official Ch’eng Hao (1033-1084), for example, won much esteem from officialdom and the intelligentsia when, as the magistrate of Fu-kou county, he stubbornly refused to implement the pao-chia system which was one of the prized projects of Emperior^{[sic – meaning Emperor]} Shen-tsung (r. 1068-1085) and his reformist Prime Minister Wang An-shih (1019-1086).]

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

• (from Hanyu Pinyin) Zheng

Cheng (plural Chengs)

1. A surname from Chinese.
   • 2023 January 20, “Police reprimanded for attending mob boss birthday party”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-01-20, Taiwan News, page 2‎:

     A sergeant in the Third Precinct’s criminal investigation division, surnamed Cheng (鄭), had invited seven other officers to the gathering at a restaurant in Keelung’s Nuannuan District (暖暖) on the evening of Friday last week, the bureau said in a statement.

From Mandarin 城 (Chéng).

Cheng

1. A district of Yangquan, Shanxi, China.
2. A district of Jincheng, Shanxi, China.
   • 2022 February 5, John Wang, “Shanxi, Jiangsu Churches Visit People”, in China Christian Daily‎, 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.

• 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.

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

• IPA^(key): /tʃɛŋ/

Cheng ?

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

   Anne Cheng, b. 1955

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Borrowed from Hokkien 莊／庄 (Chng).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃeŋ/ [ˈt͡ʃɛŋ]
• Rhymes: -eŋ
• Syllabification: Cheng

Cheng (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien