Chinese words starting with 张 (zhāng)

90 words.

• 张(zhāng)居(jū)正(zhèng) Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee
• 张(zhāng)献(xiàn)忠(zhōng) Zhang Xianzhong (1606-1647), leader of a late-Ming peasant revolt
• 张(zhāng)湾(wān)区(qū) Zhangwan, a district of Shiyan City 十堰市 shíyànshì, Hubei
• 张(zhāng)学(xué)良(liáng) Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army
• 张(zhāng)之(zhī)洞(dòng) Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing
• 张(zhāng)宁(níng) Zhang Ning (1975-), PRC female badminton player and Olympic gold medalist
• 张(zhāng)开(kāi) to open up
• 张(zhāng)飞(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
• 张(zhāng)贴(tiē) to post
• 张(zhāng)作(zuò)霖(lín) Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928
• 张(zhāng)嘴(zuǐ) to open one's mouth
• 张(zhāng)口(kǒu) to open one's mouth
• 张(zhāng)国(guó)焘(tāo) Zhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected to Guomindang in 1938
• 张(zhāng)罗(luo) to take care of
• 张(zhāng)扬(yáng) to display ostentatiously
• 张(zhāng)望(wàng) to look around
• 张(zhāng)闻(wén)天(tiān) Zhang Wentian (1900-1976), CCP party leader and theorist
• 张(zhāng)国(guó)荣(róng) Leslie Cheung (1956-2003), Hong Kong singer and actor
• 张(zhāng)自(zì)烈(liè) Zhang Zilie (1597-1673), Ming dynasty scholar, author of Zhengzitong 正字通 zhèngzìtōng
• 张(zhāng)爱(ài)玲(líng) Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist
• 张(zhāng)春(chūn)桥(qiáo) Zhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four
• 张(zhāng)骞(qiān) Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC
• 张(zhāng)衡(héng) Zhang Heng (78-139) great Han dynasty astronomer and mathematician
• 张(zhāng)伯(bó)伦(lún) Chamberlain
• 张(zhāng)口(kǒu)结(jié)舌(shé) agape and tongue-tied
• 张(zhāng)仪(yí) Zhang Yi (-309 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 纵横家 zònghéngjiā during the Warring States Period
• 张(zhāng)牙(yá)舞(wǔ)爪(zhǎo) to make threatening gestures
• 张(zhāng)太(tài)雷(léi) Zhang Tailei (1898-1927), founding member of Chinese communist party
• 张(zhāng)狂(kuáng) brash
• 张(zhāng)旭(xù) Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草书
• 张(zhāng)北(běi)县(xiàn) Zhangbei, a county in Zhangjiakou City 张家口市 zhāngjiākǒushì, Hebei
• 张(zhāng)灯(dēng)结(jié)彩(cǎi) to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners
• 张(zhāng)治(zhì)中(zhōng) Zhang Zhizhong (1890-1969), National Revolutionary Army general
• 张(zhāng)艺(yì)谋(móu) Zhang Yimou (1950-), PRC film director
• 张(zhāng)量(liàng) tensor
• 张(zhāng)大(dà)千(qiān) Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), one of the greatest Chinese artists of the 20th century
• 张(zhāng)怡(yí)宁(níng) Zhang Yining (1981-), PRC female table tennis player and Olympic gold medalist
• 张(zhāng)自(zì)忠(zhōng) Zhang Zizhong (1891-1940), Chinese National Revolutionary Army general during the Second Sino-Japanese War
• 张(zhāng)家(jiā)口(kǒu)市(shì) Zhangjiakou, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province 河北省 héběishěng
• 张(zhāng)冠(guān)李(lǐ)戴(dài) lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head
• 张(zhāng)家(jiā)港(gǎng)市(shì) Zhangjiagang, a county-level city in Suzhou City 苏州市 sūzhōushì, Jiangsu
• 张(zhāng)廷(tíng)玉(yù) Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史 míngshǐ and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典 kāngxīzìdiǎn
• 张(zhāng)志(zhì)新(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, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979
• 张(zhāng)择(zé)端(duān) Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145), Song dynasty painter
• 张(zhāng)曼(màn)玉(yù) Maggie Cheung (1964-), Hong Kong actress
• 张(zhāng)三(sān)李(lǐ)四(sì) Zhang Three and Li Four
• 张(zhāng)天(tiān)翼(yì) Zhang Tianyi (1906-1985), children's writer, author of prize-winning fairy tale Secret of the Magic Gourd 宝葫芦的秘密 bǎohúludemìmì
• 张(zhāng)家(jiā)界(jiè)市(shì) Zhangjiajie, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省 húnánshěng
• 张(zhāng)易(yì)之(zhī) Zhang Yizhi (-705), Tang dynasty politician and favorite of Empress Wu Zetian 武则天 wǔzétiān
• 张(zhāng)皇(huáng)失(shī)措(cuò) panic-stricken
• 张(zhāng)店(diàn)区(qū) Zhangdian, a district of Zibo City 淄博市 zībóshì, Shandong
• 张(zhāng)惠(huì)妹(mèi) A-Mei, aka Gulilai Amit (1972-), aboriginal Taiwanese pop singer
• 张(zhāng)僧(sēng)繇(yóu) Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家
• 张(zhāng)掖(yè)市(shì) Zhangye, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肃省 gānsùshěng
• 张(zhāng)荫(yìn)桓(huán) Zhang Yinhuan (1837-1900), late Qing politician and senior Chinese diplomat
• 张(zhāng)德(dé)江(jiāng) Zhang Dejiang (1946-), PRC politician
• 张(zhāng)学(xué)友(yǒu) Jacky Cheung or Hok Yau Jacky (1961-), Cantopop and film star
• 张(zhāng)家(jiā)川(chuān)回(huí)族(zú)自(zì)治(zhì)县(xiàn) Zhangjiachuan Hui Autonomous County, in Tianshui City 天水市 tiānshuǐshì, Gansu
• 张(zhāng)柏(bó)芝(zhī) Cecilia Cheung (1980-), Hong Kong actress and pop singer
• 张(zhāng)王(wáng)李(lǐ)赵(zhào) any Tom, Dick or Harry
• 张(zhāng)纯(chún)如(rú) Iris Chang (1968–2004), Chinese American author of "The Rape of Nanking"
• 张(zhāng)若(ruò)虚(xū) Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜
• 张(zhāng)静(jìng)初(chū) Zhang Jingchu (1980-), PRC actress
• 张(zhāng)高(gāo)丽(lì) Zhang Gaoli (1946-), PRC politician
• 张(zhāng)韶(sháo)涵(hán) Angela Chang (1982-), Taiwanese pop singer and actress
• 张(zhāng)三(sān) Zhang San, name for an unspecified person, first of a series of three: 张三 zhāngsān, 李四 lǐsì, 王五 wángwǔ Tom, Dick and Harry
• 张(zhāng)丹(dān) Zhang Dan (1985-), Chinese figure skater
• 张(zhāng)力(lì) tension
• 张(zhāng)勋(xūn) Zhang Xun (1854-1923), Qing loyalist general who attempted to restore the abdicated emperor Puyi 溥仪 pǔyí to the throne in the Manchu Restoration of 1917 张勋复辟 zhāngxūnfùbì
• 张(zhāng)勋(xūn)复(fù)辟(bì) Manchu Restoration of 1917, an attempt by General Zhang Xun 张勋 zhāngxūn to reinstate the monarchy in China by restoring abdicated emperor Puyi 溥仪 pǔyí to the throne
• 张(zhāng)华(huá) Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician
• 张(zhāng)宝(bǎo) Zhang Bao (-184), leader of the Yellow Turban rebels during the late Han 汉朝 hàncháo
• 张(zhāng)岱(dài) Zhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar
• 张(zhāng)弛(chí) tension and relaxation
• 张(zhāng)心(xīn) to be troubled
• 张(zhāng)怡(yí) Zhang Yi (1608-1695), prolific author and poet spanning interregnum between Ming and Qing
• 张(zhāng)戎(róng) Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 张二鸿 zhāngèrhóng, author of Wild Swans 野天鹅 yětiāné and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事
• 张(zhāng)成(chéng)泽(zé) Jang Song-taek (1946-2013), brother-in-law of Kim Jong-il 金正日 jīnzhèngrì, uncle and mentor of Kim Jong-un 金正恩 jīnzhèngēn, in 2013 accused of being a counter-revolutionary and executed
• 张(zhāng)挂(guà) to hang up
• 张(zhāng)揖(yī) Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚让 zhìràng, named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 广雅 guǎngyǎ and several lost works
• 张(zhāng)敞(chǎng) Zhang Chang, official and scholar of the Western Han dynasty
• 张(zhāng)春(chūn)帆(fān) Zhang Chunfan (-1935), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle 九尾龟
• 张(zhāng)溥(pǔ) Ming dynasty scholar (1602–1641), prolific writer, proponent of the Fushe 复社 fùshè cultural renewal movement, author of Five Men's Tombstone Inscription 五人墓碑记 wǔrénmùbēijì
• 张(zhāng)皇(huáng) alarmed
• 张(zhāng)目(mù) to open one's eyes wide
• 张(zhāng)秋(qiū) Cho Chang
• 张(zhāng)籍(jí) Zhang Ji (767-830), Tang Dynasty poet
• 张(zhāng)角(jué) Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han
• 张(zhāng)震(zhèn) Chang Chen (1976-), Taiwanese film actor
• 张(zhāng)飞(fēi)打(dǎ)岳(yuè)飞(fēi) lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei