Cheng
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of sheng (Chinese wind instrument) alt-of, alternative
- 1 A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
"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)."
- 2 A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
- 3 A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
- 4 A district of Yangquan, Shanxi, China.
- 5 A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
"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."
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- 6 A district of Jincheng, Shanxi, China.
"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."
Synonyms
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More examples"Mr Cheng, who is now a member of the Académie, didn't speak a word of French when he first arrived in France."
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 程 (Chéng).
From Cantonese 鄭 /郑 (zeng⁶) and the Wade–Giles Chêng⁴ romanization of Mandarin 鄭 /郑 (Zhèng).
From Hokkien 莊 /庄 (Chng).
From Mandarin 城 (Chéng).
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