English word origin

Etymology of Zhang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 張 /张 (Zhāng). Doublet of Truong.

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Source etymology 1

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name

A surname from Chinese.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 張 /张 (Zhāng). Doublet of Truong.

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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Derivation mention張cmn
Doublet mentionTruongen

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Source etymology 2

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name

A surname from Chinese.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 章 (Zhāng).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Derivation mention^章cmn

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Source etymology 3

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name

A river in Shanxi, Henan and Hebei, China. · A river in Fujian, China.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 漳 (Zhāng).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

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