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chang

/t͡ʃæŋ/

chang noun: a traditional harp of central and southwest Asia.

chang: a traditional harp of central and southwest Asia
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Noun

chang (plural changs)

  1. (often italicized) A traditional harp of central and southwest Asia

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Chang

Chang

  1. A surname from Mandarin.
    • Former Chinese warlord Chang Hsueh-liang, who along with Chinese Communists kidnapped Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek and changed the course of Chinese history, died in Hawaii on Oct. 15, Taiwan and Chinese news agencies reported. He was 100.[…]
    • Chang was born June 3, 1901, in the northeastern province of Liaoning, the son of Manchurian military strongman Chang Tso-lin.2001 October 16, Benjamin Kang Lim, “Chang Hsueh-liang, 100, Dies”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2020

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Chang

Chang

  1. A surname from Chinese.
    • Chang Chen-wei (章宸瑋), a second-year high school student, said he learned a lot from the American participants, whom he said "did not just come here to compete."
    • Describing the local teams as valuing more than just wins and losses, Chang said he was impressed by their collaboration and enjoyment of the process, which allowed them to showcase their individual talents.2025 March 24, Hans Lin, Chao Yen-hsiang, “Taiwanese high school students advance to U.S. robotics championship”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2025, Culture

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Chang

Chang

  1. A surname from Chinese.

Proper noun (4) capitalized: Chang

Chang

  1. A surname from Chinese.

Proper noun (5) capitalized: Chang

Chang

  1. A surname from Korean.

Proper noun (6) capitalized: Chang

Chang

  1. A Naga language spoken in north-eastern India.

Proper noun (7) capitalized: Chang

Chang

  1. A gewog of Thimphu District, Bhutan.

chang meaning in Bengali and Malayalam

chang in Bengali

চ্যাং

chang in Malayalam

ചാങ്

Forms of chang

Noun
pluralchangs
alternative formçeng
Proper noun
alternative Hanyu-PinyinZhang
alternative formJhang
alternative formJang
alternative formZang

Origin of chang

From Persian چنگ (čang).

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin 張/张 (Zhāng) Wade-Giles romanization: Chang¹. Doublet of Teo.

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin 章 (Zhāng) Wade-Giles romanization: Chang¹.

Words formed from chang

Phrases with chang

Words that rhyme with chang

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Questions about chang

What does chang mean?
Chang means a traditional harp of central and southwest Asia.
What is chang in Bengali?
Chang in Bengali is চ্যাং. See Chang meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is chang?
Chang can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce chang?
Chang is pronounced /t͡ʃæŋ/.
What is the plural of chang?
The plural of chang is changs.

Words near chang in the dictionary

  1. chanfan
  2. chanfrin
  3. chanfrins
  4. chanfron
  5. chanfrons
  6. chang
  7. Chang Jiang
  8. Chang River
  9. Chang Tang
  10. Chang Thang
  11. Chang'an

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chang (page history and authors); Chang (page history and authors); chang (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chang (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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