zhang
/d͡ʒæŋ/
zhang noun: a traditional Chinese unit of length, 10 Chinese feet or ¹/₁₅₀ Chinese mile.
Noun
zhang (usually uncountable, plural zhangs)
- A traditional Chinese unit of length, 10 Chinese feet or ¹/₁₅₀ Chinese mile.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Zhang
Zhang
- A surname from Chinese.
- Zhang Yitang, a Chinese mathematician
- Zhang Xueliang, whose name was also rendered Chang Hsueh-liang, was born in 1901 in Manchuria. His father, Zhang Zuolin, a leading warlord known as "the Old Marshal," was assassinated in 1928 by the Japanese. "The Young Marshal" emerged in his place as one of the most powerful military figures in...2001 October 19, Nicholas Kristof, “Zhang Xueliang, 100, Dies; Warlord and Hero of China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2009, World
- Synonyms:
- Cheung
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Zhang
Zhang
- A surname from Chinese.
Proper noun (3) capitalized: Zhang
Zhang
- A river in Shanxi, Henan and Hebei, China.
- Until the recent construction of a system of roads, the Wei River was northern Henan Province's principal link with the outside world, connecting it with the Grand Canal and thence the city of Tianjin and the sea.[...]In addition, just to the northwest of the county lies the tempestuous Zhang...1996, Peter J. Seybolt, “Introduction: Houhua Village in Space and Time”, in Throwing the Emperor from His Horse: Portrait of a Village Leader in China, 1923-1995, Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN...
- During the hot, dry month of August 1992 the farmers of Baishan village in Hebei province and Panyang village in Henan came to blows. Residents from each village hurled insults and rudimentary explosives at the other across the Zhang River – the river that feeds the Red Flag Canal Irrigation System...2015 September 3, David Pietz, “How History Shaped China's Water Crisis”, in The Diplomat, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2015
- A river in Fujian, China.
zhang meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
zhang in Hindi
- झांग
zhang in Tamil
- ஜாங்
zhang in Marathi
- झांग
zhang in Urdu
- ژانگ, زانگ
More languagesFewer languages
- zhang in Bengali
- ঝাং
- zhang in Telugu
- ఝాంగ్, జాంగ్
- zhang in Malayalam
- ഝാങ്
- zhang in Kannada
- ಝಾಂಗ್, ಝಂಗ್
- zhang in Punjabi
- ਝਾਂਗ, ਜ਼ਾਂਗ
- zhang in Gujarati
- ઝાંગ
- zhang in Odia
- ଝାଙ୍ଗ, ଝାଙ୍ଗ୍
- zhang in Nepali
- झाङ, झांग, झ्याङ
Synonyms of zhang
Forms of zhang
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | zhangs |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Jhang |
| alternative form | Chang |
Origin of zhang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 丈 (zhàng).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 張 /张 (Zhāng). Doublet of Truong.
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 章 (Zhāng).
Phrases with zhang
Questions about zhang
- What does zhang mean?
- Zhang means a traditional Chinese unit of length, 10 Chinese feet or ¹/₁₅₀ Chinese mile.
- What is zhang in Hindi?
- Zhang in Hindi is झांग. See Zhang meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is zhang?
- Zhang can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce zhang?
- Zhang is pronounced /d͡ʒæŋ/.
- What is the plural of zhang?
- The plural of zhang is zhangs.
Words near zhang in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: zhang (page history and authors); Zhang (page history and authors); zhang (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); zhang (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); zhang (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); zhang (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); zhang (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); zhang (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); zhang (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); zhang (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); zhang (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); zhang (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); zhang (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); zhang (Nepali, 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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