Zhèng
Traditional: 鄭
郑 (Zhèng) is a Chinese word meaning “Zheng, a Zhou-dynasty state in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng 新鄭|新郑[Xin1 zheng4], a county-level city in Henan; abbr. for Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1], the capital of Henan; surname Zheng”.
Meanings
- 1Zheng, a Zhou-dynasty state in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng 新鄭|新郑[Xin1 zheng4], a county-level city in Henan
- 2abbr. for Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1], the capital of Henan
- 3surname Zheng
Related words
郑重serious郑used in 鄭重|郑重[zheng4 zhong4]郑重其事serious about the matter郑州see 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4]郑人买履lit. the person from Zheng 鄭|郑[Zheng4] who wanted to buy shoes (an allusion to an ancient story about somebody who, when buying a pair of shoes, preferred to rely on their foot measurements rather than just trying them on) (idiom)雅郑court music and vulgar music (i.e. 雅樂|雅乐[ya3 yue4], music of the court, and 鄭聲|郑声[Zheng4 sheng1], music of the state of Zheng, which was regarded as lewd)兰郑长成品油管道Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil pipeline兰郑长管道Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil pipeline南郑区Nanzheng, a district of Hanzhong City 漢中市|汉中市[Han4 zhong1 Shi4], Shaanxi新郑市Xinzheng, a county-level city in Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan林郑Carrie Lam (1957-), chief executive of Hong Kong 2017-, full name 林鄭月娥|林郑月娥[Lin2 Zheng4 Yue4 e2] Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor郑人争年Men of Zheng fighting over their respective ages (idiom)