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Chiang¹

Where it comes from

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 江 (Jiāng), "river", particularly the "Yangtze River".

proper noun Chiangs

  1. A surname from Mandarin; variant form Jiang. In his speech at the mass rally mentioned above, Chiang Tse-min described Teng as a loyal comrade-in-arms of Mao Tse-tung and the most prominent successor and developer of Mao Tse-tung thought. He stressed the way that both Teng and Mao formulated their policies in line with the specific situation i

Chiang²

Where it comes from

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 姜 (Jiāng), an ancient surname now also used for "ginger".

proper noun Chiangs

  1. A surname from Mandarin; variant form Jiang.

Chiang³

Where it comes from

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 蔣 /蒋 (Jiǎng).

proper noun Chiangs

  1. A surname from Mandarin; variant form Jiang. As early as August we had publicly withdrawn our opposition to consideration of this question and indicated our support of the concept of the "two Chinas," Chiang Kai-shek's Republic of China on Taiwan and the Communist People's Republic of China, each to have membership in the world organization. I

Chiang⁴

Where it comes from

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 絳 /绛 (Jiàng).

proper noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of Jiang (county in Yuncheng, Shanxi, China). Shansi. In Chiang County there is over 120,000 mow of irrigated land.

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Closest in meaning: chun, cheung, ning, hsi, jiang, shek, jang, stilwell, kuo, rui, mai, tao, nan, qiang, xiang, kun

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@misc{chiang_2026,
  title = {Chiang},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chiang},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}