Cheng can be a transcription of one of several Chinese surnames. Since the syllable Cheng represents different sounds in Hanyu pinyin and the Wade-Giles systems of Chinese romanization, some ambiguity will exist as to what character is represented by the letters "Cheng". A Chinese surname, family name (Chinese: å§; Hanyu Pinyin: or clan name æ°; shì), is one of the hundreds or thousands of family names that have been historically used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic groups in mainland China, Taiwan, and among ethnic Chinese in overseas Chinese communities. ... Pinyin (拼音, Pīnyīn) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hànyǔ Pīnyīn (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of... Wade-Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. ...
In names romanized in Wade-Giles (usually those from Taiwan), Cheng is most commonly a transcription of 鄭/郑 (pinyin Zhèng). Zheng (Hanyu Pinyin) (é/é) or Cheng (Wade-Giles) is a Chinese surname. ...
Further confusion arises because Wade-Giles often appears without the required apostrophes, and thus some Wade-Giles names which are properly romanized Ch'eng (such as 程) will appear as Cheng.
In the pinyin system of romanization (usually used in mainland China), Cheng will usually represent the surname 程 (pinyin Chéng). The highlighted area in the map is what is commonly known as mainland China. Mainland China (Simplified Chinese: ä¸å½å¤§é; Traditional Chinese: ä¸å大é¸; pinyin: ZhÅnggúo Dà lù; literally The Chinese Massive Landmass or Continental China) is an informal (disputed â see talk page) geographical term which is usually synonymous with the area...
Cheng was virtually torn from her roots and planted in a new environment.
Cheng was Chinese in her early childhood transition (Levinson, 1965: 20) and in the first stage of Erikson's eight stages of woman, Taiwanese throughout her childhood and adolescence and early adulthood transition, and an American in her early adulthood, mid-life transition, and currently in her early stage of middle adulthood.
Cheng's success in career is based on her knowledge of language and background of education.