Chinese words starting with 張 (zhāng)
90 words.
- 張居正 Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee
- 張獻忠 Zhang Xianzhong (1606-1647), leader of a late-Ming peasant revolt
- 張灣區 Zhangwan, a district of Shiyan City 十堰市 shíyànshì, Hubei
- 張學良 Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army
- 張之洞 Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing
- 張寧 Zhang Ning (1975-), PRC female badminton player and Olympic gold medalist
- 張開 to open up
- 張飛 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
- 張貼 to post
- 張作霖 Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928
- 張嘴 to open one's mouth
- 張口 to open one's mouth
- 張國燾 Zhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected to Guomindang in 1938
- 張羅 to take care of
- 張揚 to display ostentatiously
- 張望 to look around
- 張聞天 Zhang Wentian (1900-1976), CCP party leader and theorist
- 張國榮 Leslie Cheung (1956-2003), Hong Kong singer and actor
- 張自烈 Zhang Zilie (1597-1673), Ming dynasty scholar, author of Zhengzitong 正字通 zhèngzìtōng
- 張愛玲 Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist
- 張春橋 Zhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four
- 張騫 Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC
- 張衡 Zhang Heng (78-139) great Han dynasty astronomer and mathematician
- 張伯倫 Chamberlain
- 張口結舌 agape and tongue-tied
- 張儀 Zhang Yi (-309 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 纵横家 zònghéngjiā during the Warring States Period
- 張牙舞爪 to make threatening gestures
- 張太雷 Zhang Tailei (1898-1927), founding member of Chinese communist party
- 張狂 brash
- 張旭 Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草书
- 張北縣 Zhangbei, a county in Zhangjiakou City 张家口市 zhāngjiākǒushì, Hebei
- 張燈結彩 to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners
- 張治中 Zhang Zhizhong (1890-1969), National Revolutionary Army general
- 張藝謀 Zhang Yimou (1950-), PRC film director
- 張量 tensor
- 張大千 Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), one of the greatest Chinese artists of the 20th century
- 張怡寧 Zhang Yining (1981-), PRC female table tennis player and Olympic gold medalist
- 張自忠 Zhang Zizhong (1891-1940), Chinese National Revolutionary Army general during the Second Sino-Japanese War
- 張家口市 Zhangjiakou, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province 河北省 héběishěng
- 張冠李戴 lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head
- 張家港市 Zhangjiagang, a county-level city in Suzhou City 苏州市 sūzhōushì, Jiangsu
- 張廷玉 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
- 張志新 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
- 張擇端 Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145), Song dynasty painter
- 張曼玉 Maggie Cheung (1964-), Hong Kong actress
- 張三李四 Zhang Three and Li Four
- 張天翼 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
- 張家界市 Zhangjiajie, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省 húnánshěng
- 張易之 Zhang Yizhi (-705), Tang dynasty politician and favorite of Empress Wu Zetian 武则天 wǔzétiān
- 張皇失措 panic-stricken
- 張店區 Zhangdian, a district of Zibo City 淄博市 zībóshì, Shandong
- 張惠妹 A-Mei, aka Gulilai Amit (1972-), aboriginal Taiwanese pop singer
- 張僧繇 Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家
- 張掖市 Zhangye, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肃省 gānsùshěng
- 張蔭桓 Zhang Yinhuan (1837-1900), late Qing politician and senior Chinese diplomat
- 張德江 Zhang Dejiang (1946-), PRC politician
- 張學友 Jacky Cheung or Hok Yau Jacky (1961-), Cantopop and film star
- 張家川回族自治縣 Zhangjiachuan Hui Autonomous County, in Tianshui City 天水市 tiānshuǐshì, Gansu
- 張柏芝 Cecilia Cheung (1980-), Hong Kong actress and pop singer
- 張王李趙 any Tom, Dick or Harry
- 張純如 Iris Chang (1968–2004), Chinese American author of "The Rape of Nanking"
- 張若虛 Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜
- 張靜初 Zhang Jingchu (1980-), PRC actress
- 張高麗 Zhang Gaoli (1946-), PRC politician
- 張韶涵 Angela Chang (1982-), Taiwanese pop singer and actress
- 張三 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
- 張丹 Zhang Dan (1985-), Chinese figure skater
- 張力 tension
- 張勳 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
- 張勳復辟 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
- 張寶 Zhang Bao (-184), leader of the Yellow Turban rebels during the late Han 汉朝 hàncháo
- 張岱 Zhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar
- 張弛 tension and relaxation
- 張心 to be troubled
- 張怡 Zhang Yi (1608-1695), prolific author and poet spanning interregnum between Ming and Qing
- 張戎 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
- 張成澤 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
- 張掛 to hang up
- 張揖 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
- 張敞 Zhang Chang, official and scholar of the Western Han dynasty
- 張春帆 Zhang Chunfan (-1935), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle 九尾龟
- 張溥 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
- 張皇 alarmed
- 張目 to open one's eyes wide
- 張秋 Cho Chang
- 張籍 Zhang Ji (767-830), Tang Dynasty poet
- 張華 Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician
- 張角 Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han
- 張震 Chang Chen (1976-), Taiwanese film actor
- 張飛打岳飛 lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei
The other words built from 張
- Words ending with 張 28 words
- Words containing 張 24 words