Cheung

Cheung is a Cantonese romanization of several Chinese surnames, including the one written as 張 in Traditional characters and 张 in Simplified characters (Jyutping: Zoeng1; Pinyin: Zhāng; Wade–Giles: Chang, Vietnamese: Trương), and the one written in both Traditional characters and Simplified characters as 章 (zoeng1). Sometimes, 蔣 (蒋) is also spelled as Cheung instead of Chiang/Jiang due to its Cantonese pronunciation.

It is a fairly common American surname, listed 3,672th during the 1990 US Census and 2,069th during the year 2000 US Census.

List of people with the surname

張 and 张

• Andrew Cheung, Hong Kong judge and jurist
• Cecilia Cheung, Hong Kong actress and singer
• Cheung Chi Doy, Hong Kong-born footballer who represented Republic of China (Taiwan)
• Cheung Chi Wai, Hong Kong-born footballer who represented Republic of China (Taiwan)
• Dicky Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer
• Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer
• Karin Anna Cheung, American actress, singer, and songwriter
• Leslie Cheung (1956–2003), Hong Kong actor and musician
• Louis Cheung, Hong Kong actor, singer, and songwriter
• Maggie Cheung, Hong Kong-British actress
• Margaret Chung (1889–1959), American physician
• Rachel Cheung (1991–), Hong Kong classical pianist
• Sharla Cheung or Cheung Man, Hong Kong actress
• Steven Ng-Sheong Cheung (1935–), Chinese economist
• Cheung Tat-ming (1964–), Hong Kong actor, comedian, director, and writer
• Teresa Cheung, Hong Kong singer
• Michael Huen-Wha Cheung, Hong Kong-British
• Fiona Scene-Wha Cheung, Hong Kong-British
• Paul Kien-Wha Cheung, Hong Kong-British
• Sarah Tsui-Wha Cheung, Hong Kong-British
• Lorraine Cheung, British, mother of 4 Cheungs

See also

• Zhang/Chang, for more about the surname within China
• Teoh, for general of Chinese people within Singapore, Malaysia and some other South-East Asia countries