張〔张〕 zoeng¹ {zhāng}

(verb) open (month)

張〔张〕 zoeng¹ {zhāng}

1. to open up
2. to spread
3. sheet of paper
4. classifier for flat objects, sheet
5. classifier for votes

張〔张〕 zoeng¹ {Zhāng}

surname Zhang

張本〔张-〕 zoeng¹ bun² {zhāng běn}

Zhang Ben, name of a politician in the Ming Dynasty

張大〔张-〕 zoeng¹ daai⁶ {zhāng dà}

to open wide

張宇〔张-〕 zoeng¹ jyu⁵ {zhāng yǔ}

Phil Chang, name of a Taiwanese singer

張北〔张-〕 zoeng¹ bak¹ {Zhāng běi}

Zhangbei county in Zhangjiakou 張家口, Hebei

張斌〔张-〕 zoeng¹ ban¹ {Zhāng Bīn}

Zhang Bin (1979-), CCTV sports presenter

張寶〔张宝〕 zoeng¹ bou² {Zhāng Bǎo}

Zhang Bao (-184), leader of the Yellow Turban rebels during the late Han 漢朝

張秋〔张-〕 zoeng¹ cau¹ {Zhāng Qiū}

Cho Chang (Harry Potter)

張弛〔张-〕 zoeng¹ ci⁴ {zhāng chí}

tension and relaxation

張敞〔张-〕 zoeng¹ cong² {Zhāng Cháng}

Zhang Chang, official and scholar of the Eastern Han dynasty

張丹〔张-〕 zoeng¹ daan¹ {Zhāng Dān}

Zhang Dan (1985-), Chinese figure skater

張店〔张-〕 zoeng¹ dim³ {Zhāng diàn}

Zhangdian district of Zibo city 淄博市, Shandong

張岱〔张-〕 zoeng¹ doi⁶ {Zhāng Dài}

Zhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar

張飛〔张飞〕 zoeng¹ fei¹ {Zhāng Fēi}

Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine

張角〔张-〕 zoeng¹ gok³ {Zhāng Jué}

Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han

張掛〔张挂〕 zoeng¹ gwaa³ {zhāng guà}

to hang up (a picture, banner, mosquito net etc)

張衡〔张-〕 zoeng¹ hang⁴ {Zhāng Héng}

Zhang Heng (78-139) great Han dynasty astronomer and mathematician

張口〔张-〕 zoeng¹ hau² {zhāng kǒu}

1. to gape
2. to yawn
3. to open one's mouth
4. to start speaking
5. to talk carelessly
6. to talk out of place

張騫〔张骞〕 zoeng¹ hin¹ {Zhāng Qiān}

Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC

張開〔张开〕 zoeng¹ hoi¹ {zhāng kāi}

1. to open up
2. to spread
3. to extend

張揖〔张-〕 zoeng¹ jap¹ {Zhāng Yī}

Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓, named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅 and several lost works

張怡〔张-〕 zoeng¹ ji⁴ {Zhāng yí}

Zhang Yi (1608-1695), prolific author and poet spanning interregnum between Ming and Qing

張儀〔张仪〕 zoeng¹ ji⁴ {Zhāng Yí}

Zhang Yi (-309 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家 during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)

張掖〔张-〕 zoeng¹ jik⁶ {Zhāng yè}

Zhangye prefecture level city in Gansu

張揚〔张扬〕 zoeng¹ joeng⁴ {zhāng yáng}

1. to publicize
2. to make known
3. to show off

張揚〔张扬〕 zoeng¹ joeng⁴ {Zhāng Yáng}

Zhang Yang (1967-), PRC film director and screenwriter

張旭〔张-〕 zoeng¹ juk¹ {Zhāng Xù}

Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草書

張戎〔张-〕 zoeng¹ jung⁴ {Zhāng Róng}

Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝 and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事·鲜为人知的故事

張狂〔张-〕 zoeng¹ kwong⁴ {zhāng kuáng}

1. brash
2. insolent
3. frantic

張力〔张-〕 zoeng¹ lik⁶ {zhāng lì}

tension

張羅〔张罗〕 zoeng¹ lo⁴ {zhāng luo}

1. to take care of
2. to raise money
3. to attend to (guests, customers etc)

張量〔张-〕 zoeng¹ loeng⁴ {zhāng liàng}

tensor (math.)

張望〔张-〕 zoeng¹ mong⁶ {zhāng wàng}

1. to look around
2. to peep (through a crack)
3. to peer at
4. to throw a look at

張目〔张-〕 zoeng¹ muk⁶ {zhāng mù}

to open one's eyes wide

張寧〔张宁〕 zoeng¹ ning⁴ {Zhāng Níng}

Zhang Ning (1975-), PRC female badminton player and Olympic gold medalist

張溥〔张-〕 zoeng¹ pou² {Zhāng Pǔ}

Zhang Pu (1602-1641), Ming dynasty scholar and prolific writer, proponent of 複社 cultural renewal movement, author of Five tombstone inscriptions 五人墓碑記

張三〔张-〕 zoeng¹ saam¹ {Zhāng Sān}

1. John Doe
2. Zhang San, name for an unspecified person, first of a series of three: 張三, 李四, 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry

張心〔张-〕 zoeng¹ sam¹ {zhāng xīn}

1. to be troubled
2. to be concerned

張貼〔张贴〕 zoeng¹ tip³ {zhāng tiē}

1. to post (a notice)
2. to advertise

張華〔张华〕 zoeng¹ waa⁴ {Zhāng Huà}

1. Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician
2. Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank
3. other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention

張灣〔张湾〕 zoeng¹ waan¹ {Zhāng wān}

Zhangwan district of Shiyan city 十堰市, Hubei

張皇〔张-〕 zoeng¹ wong⁴ {zhāng huáng}

1. alarmed
2. flustered

張震〔张-〕 zoeng¹ zan³ {Zhāng Zhèn}

Chang Chen (1976-), Taiwanese film actor

張嘴〔张-〕 zoeng¹ zeoi² {zhāng zuǐ}

1. to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request)
2. to gape

張籍〔张-〕 zoeng¹ zik⁶ {Zhāng Jí}

Zhang Ji (767-830), Tang Dynasty poet

張達明〔张达-〕 zoeng¹ daat⁶ ming⁴ {zhāng dá míng}

Cheung Tat Ming, name of an actor in Hong Kong

張飛頸〔张飞颈〕 zoeng¹ fei¹ geng² {zhāng fēi jǐng}

short-tempered

張家輝〔张-辉〕 zoeng¹ gaa¹ fai¹ {zhāng jiā huī}

Nick Cheung Ka Fai, name of an actor in Hong Kong

張敬軒〔张-轩〕 zoeng¹ ging³ hin¹ {zhāng jìng xuān}

noun; Hins Zhang, a Hong Kong-based musician and canto-pop singer who debutted in China

張宇人〔张--〕 zoeng¹ jyu⁵ jan⁴ {zhāng yǔ rén}

Tommy Cheung Yu Yan, name of a politician in Hong Kong

張雨生〔张--〕 zoeng¹ jyu⁵ sang¹ {zhāng yǔ shēng}

Tom Chang Yu-sheng, name of a Taiwanese composer and singer

張文光〔张--〕 zoeng¹ man⁴ gwong¹ {zhāng wén guāng}

Cheung Man Kwong, name of a politician in Hong Kong

張信哲〔张--〕 zoeng¹ seon³ zit³ {zhāng xìn zhé}

Jeff Chang, name of a Taiwanese singer

張進偉〔张进伟〕 zoeng¹ zeon³ wai⁵ {zhāng jìn wěi}

DJ Tommy, name of a rapper in Hong Kong

張伯倫〔张-伦〕 zoeng¹ baak³ leon⁴ {Zhāng bó lún}

1. Chamberlain (name)
2. Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999), US basketball player

張北縣〔张-县〕 zoeng¹ bak¹ jyun⁶ {Zhāng běi xiàn}

Zhangbei county in Zhangjiakou 張家口, Hebei

張春帆〔张--〕 zoeng¹ ceon¹ faan⁴ {Zhāng Chūn fān}

Zhang Chunfan (-1935), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle 九尾龜

張春橋〔张-桥〕 zoeng¹ ceon¹ kiu⁴ {Zhāng Chūn qiáo}

Zhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four

張大千〔张--〕 zoeng¹ daai⁶ cin¹ {Zhāng Dà qiān}

Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), one of the greatest Chinese artists of the 20th century

張德江〔张--〕 zoeng¹ dak¹ gong¹ {Zhāng Dé jiāng}

Zhang Dejiang (1946-), PRC politician

張店區〔张-区〕 zoeng¹ dim³ keoi¹ {Zhāng diàn qū}

Zhangdian district of Zibo city 淄博市, Shandong

張家界〔张--〕 zoeng¹ gaa¹ gaai³ {Zhāng jiā jiè}

Zhangjiajie prefecture level city in Hunan, formerly Dayong 大庸

張家港〔张--〕 zoeng¹ gaa¹ gong² {Zhāng jiā gǎng}

Zhangjiagang county level city in Suzhou 蘇州, Jiangsu

張家口〔张--〕 zoeng¹ gaa¹ hau² {Zhāng jiā kǒu}

Zhangjiakou prefecture level city in Hebei

張居正〔张--〕 zoeng¹ geoi¹ zing³ {Zhāng Jū zhèng}

Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee

張高麗〔张-丽〕 zoeng¹ gou¹ lai⁶ {Zhāng Gāo lì}

Zhang Gaoli (1946-), PRC politician

張國燾〔张国焘〕 zoeng¹ gwok³ tou⁴ {Zhāng Guó tāo}

Zhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected to Guomindang in 1938

張國榮〔张国荣〕 zoeng¹ gwok³ wing⁴ {Zhāng Guó róng}

Leslie Cheung (1956-2003), Hong Kong singer and actor

張獻忠〔张献-〕 zoeng¹ hin³ zung¹ {Zhāng Xiàn zhōng}

Zhang Xianzhong (1606-1647), leader of a late-Ming peasant revolt

張學友〔张学-〕 zoeng¹ hok⁶ jau⁵ {Zhāng Xué yǒu}

Jacky Cheung or Hok Yau Jacky (1961-), cantopop and film star

張學良〔张学-〕 zoeng¹ hok⁶ loeng⁴ {Zhāng Xué liáng}

Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army

張蔭桓〔张荫-〕 zoeng¹ jam³ wun⁴ {Zhāng Yìn huán}

Zhang Yinhuan (1837-1900), late Qing politician and senior Chinese diplomat

張怡寧〔张-宁〕 zoeng¹ ji⁴ ning⁴ {Zhāng Yí níng}

Zhang Yining (1981-), PRC female table tennis player and Olympic gold medalist

張二鴻〔张-鸿〕 zoeng¹ ji⁶ hung⁴ {Zhāng Èr hóng}

Jung Chang 張戎 (1952-), British-Chinese writer, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝 and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事·鲜为人知的故事

張易之〔张--〕 zoeng¹ ji⁶ zi¹ {Zhāng yì zhī}

Zhang Yizhi (-705), Tang dynasty politician and favorite of Empress Wu Zetian 武則天

張掖市〔张--〕 zoeng¹ jik⁶ si⁵ {Zhāng yè shì}

Zhangye prefecture level city in Gansu

張若虛〔张-虚〕 zoeng¹ joek⁶ heoi¹ {Zhāng Ruò xū}

Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜

張曼玉〔张--〕 zoeng¹ maan⁶ juk⁶ {Zhāng Màn yù}

Maggie Cheung (1964-), Hong Kong actress

張聞天〔张闻-〕 zoeng¹ man⁴ tin¹ {Zhāng Wén tiān}

Zhang Wentian (1900-1976), CCP party leader and theorist

張藝謀〔张艺谋〕 zoeng¹ ngai⁶ mau⁴ {Zhāng Yì móu}

Zhang Yimou (1950-), PRC film director

張愛玲〔张爱-〕 zoeng¹ oi³ ling⁴ {Zhāng Ài líng}

Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist

張柏芝〔张--〕 zoeng¹ paak³ zi¹ {Zhāng Bó zhī}

Cecilia Cheung (1980-), Hong Kong actress and pop singer

張純如〔张纯-〕 zoeng¹ seon⁴ jyu⁴ {Zhāng Chún rú}

Iris Chang (1968-2004), Chinese American historian and author of the Rape of Nanjing

張誠澤〔张诚泽〕 zoeng¹ sing⁴ zaak⁶ {Zhāng Chéng zé}

Jang Seong-taek or Chang Sŏngt'aek (1946-), brother-in-law of Kim Jong-il 金正日, uncle and regent of Kim Jongeun 金正恩

張韶涵〔张--〕 zoeng¹ siu⁴ haam⁴ {Zhāng Sháo hán}

Angela Chang (1982-), Taiwanese pop singer and actress

張太雷〔张--〕 zoeng¹ taai³ leoi⁴ {Zhāng Tài léi}

Zhang Tailei (1898-1927), founding member of Chinese communist party

張天翼〔张--〕 zoeng¹ tin¹ jik⁶ {Zhāng Tiān yì}

Zhang Tian'yi (1906-1985), children's writer, author of prize-winning fairy tale Secret of the magic gourd 寶葫蘆的秘密

張廷玉〔张--〕 zoeng¹ ting⁴ juk⁶ {Zhāng Tíng yù}

Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史 and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典

張灣區〔张湾区〕 zoeng¹ waan¹ keoi¹ {Zhāng wān qū}

Zhangwan district of Shiyan city 十堰市, Hubei

張惠妹〔张--〕 zoeng¹ wai⁶ mui² {Zhāng Huì mèi}

A-Mei, aka Gulilai Amit (1972-), aboriginal Taiwanese pop singer

張擇端〔张择-〕 zoeng¹ zaak⁶ dyun¹ {Zhāng Zé duān}

Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145), Song dynasty painter

張僧繇〔张--〕 zoeng¹ zang¹ jau⁴ {Zhāng Sēng yóu}

Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six dynasties 六朝四大家

張之洞〔张--〕 zoeng¹ zi¹ dung⁶ {Zhāng Zhī dòng}

Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing

張志新〔张--〕 zoeng¹ zi³ san¹ {Zhāng Zhì xīn}

Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, murdered in 1975 after opposing the counter-revolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979

張自烈〔张--〕 zoeng¹ zi⁶ lit⁶ {Zhāng Zì liè}

Zhang Zilie (1597-1673), Ming dynasty scholar, author of Zhengzitong 正字通

張治中〔张--〕 zoeng¹ zi⁶ zung¹ {Zhāng Zhì zhōng}

Zhang Zhizhong (1890-1969), National Revolutionary Army general

張自忠〔张--〕 zoeng¹ zi⁶ zung¹ {Zhāng Zì zhōng}

Zhang Zizhong (1891-1940), Chinese National Revolutionary Army general during the Second Sino-Japanese War

張靜初〔张静-〕 zoeng¹ zing⁶ co¹ {Zhāng Jìng chū}

Zhang Jingchu (1980-), PRC actress

張作霖〔张--〕 zoeng¹ zok³ lam⁴ {Zhāng Zuò lín}

Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928

張保仔洞〔张---〕 zoeng¹ bou² zai² dung⁶ {zhāng bǎo zǐ dòng}

Cheung Po Tsai Cave, located in Hong Kong

張皇失措〔张---〕 {zhānghuángshīcuò}

1. panic-stricken (idiom)
2. to be in a flustered state

張燈結彩〔张灯结-〕 zoeng¹ dang¹ git³ coi² {zhāng dēng jié cǎi}

to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)

張家界市〔张---〕 zoeng¹ gaa¹ gaai³ si⁵ {Zhāng jiā jiè shì}

Zhangjiajie prefecture level city in Hunan

張家港市〔张---〕 zoeng¹ gaa¹ gong² si⁵ {Zhāng jiā gǎng shì}

Zhangjiagang county level city in Suzhou 蘇州, Jiangsu

張家口市〔张---〕 zoeng¹ gaa¹ hau² si⁵ {Zhāng jiā kǒu shì}

Zhangjiakou prefecture level city in Hebei

張冠李戴〔张---〕 zoeng¹ gun¹ lei⁵ daai³ {Zhāng guān Lǐ dài}

1. lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head
2. to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom)
3. to confuse one thing with another

張口結舌〔张-结-〕 zoeng¹ hau² git³ sit³ {zhāng kǒu jié shé}

1. agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words
2. gaping and speechless

張掖地區〔张--区〕 zoeng¹ jik⁶ dei⁶ keoi¹ {Zhāng yè dì qū}

1. Zhangye prefecture, Gansu (old term)
2. Zhangye prefecture level city 張掖市 (district in Gansu)

張牙舞爪〔张---〕 zoeng¹ ngaa⁴ mou⁵ zaau² {zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo}

to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures

張三李四〔张---〕 zoeng¹ saam¹ lei⁵ sei³ {Zhāng sān Lǐ sì}

1. Zhang and Li (idiom); Zhang with tight trousers and Li with wide hat
2. Tom, Dick and Harry

張王李趙〔张--赵〕 zoeng¹ wong⁴ lei⁵ ziu⁶ {Zhāng Wáng Lǐ Zhào}

1. anyone
2. Mr Average
3. any Tom, Dick or Harry

張飛打岳飛〔张飞--飞〕 zoeng¹ fei¹ daa² ngok⁶ fei¹ {Zhāng fēi dǎ Yuè fēi}

1. lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei
2. fig. an impossible combination
3. an impossible turn of events (idiom)

張家口地區〔张---区〕 zoeng¹ gaa¹ hau² dei⁶ keoi¹ {Zhāng jiā kǒu dì qū}

Zhangjiakou prefecture in Hebei

張家長，李家短〔张-长----〕 zoeng¹ gaa¹ coeng⁴ ，lei⁵ gaa¹ dyun² {Zhāng jiā cháng , Lǐ jiā duǎn}

lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors

張家川回族自治縣〔张------县〕 zoeng¹ gaa¹ cyun¹ wui⁴ zuk⁶ zi⁶ zi⁶ jyun⁶ {Zhāng jiā chuān huí zú zì zhì xiàn}

Zhanjiachuan Huizu autonomous county in Gansu

張三，李四，王五，趙六〔张--------赵-〕 zoeng¹ saam¹ ，lei⁵ sei³ ，wong⁴ ng⁵ ，ziu⁶ luk⁶ {Zhāng sān , Lǐ sì , Wáng wǔ , Zhào liù}

1. four proverbial names
2. Tom, Dick and Harry