Cheng.
A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
Meaning & usage
A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
Where this word comes from
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 程 (Chéng).
A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
Where this word comes from
From Cantonese 鄭 /郑 (zeng⁶) and the Wade–Giles Chêng⁴ romanization of Mandarin 鄭 /郑 (Zhèng).
A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
Where this word comes from
From Hokkien 莊 /庄 (Chng).
A district of Yangquan, Shanxi, China.
A district of Jincheng, Shanxi, China.
Where this word comes from
From Mandarin 城 (Chéng).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.