Weng (surname)
Pronunciation | Wēng (Pinyin) Ang (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) |
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Language(s) | Chinese |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Chinese |
Meaning | individual word can have many meanings, often used in phrase ‘老翁’ meaning ‘husband’ |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Weng |
Weng (Chinese: 翁; pinyin: Wēng), is a Chinese surname. It is sometimes spelled “Yung,” which derives from the Cantonese pronunciation.
Notable people[]
- Weng Chang-liang (born 1965), Taiwanese politician
- Weng Tonghe (1830–1904), Chinese Confucian scholar
Categories:
- Surnames
- Chinese-language surnames
- Individual Chinese surnames