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November 4

Chiang Chung-Cheng

According to our article on Chiang Kai-shek, at some point of his life, changed his name from Jiang Zhiqing to Chiang Chung-cheng. Now, from a foreign point of view, it may look/sound very similar to an ethnic slur (see Ching chong chang). Does it sound strange, funny or peculiar from a native perspective? Is it common for Chinese names to have similar repetitions of sounds? Any insight is welcome. Thank you. --195.62.160.60 (talk) 14:16, 4 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Interestingly, the cited source does NOT mention any name change. It only mentions the second name. I'll tag the statement as it is not verified as yet.--Jayron 32 14:50, 4 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We have an article: Order of Chiang Chung-Cheng, which mentions that Chiang Chung-Cheng is the Chinese name of President Chiang Kai-shek; citation:

"Civilian orders". english.president.gov.tw. Archived from the original on April 15, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2013.

By the way, "Jiang Zhiqing" and "Chiang Chung-cheng" use completely different systems for rendering Chinese into the Latin alphabet. Jiang and Chiang could actually be the same... AnonMoos (talk) 01:12, 5 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

They are the same surname, written 蔣 in traditional Chinese characters. Our article Chiang mentions "Jiang" as an alternative spelling. The spelling "Jiang Zhiqing" is simplified pinyin – simplified by leaving out the diacritics indicating the tones. The romanization "Chiang Chung-cheng" of 蔣中正 looks like (simplified?) Wade–Giles. In simplified pinyin it becomes "Jiang Zhongzheng". --Lambiam 20:51, 5 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]