Chungcheng

"Jhongjheng Road" (中正路), a common roadsign in Taiwan.

Chungcheng, Jhongjheng or Zhongzheng (Chinese: 中正) is the name of some places, roads, schools or organizations in Taiwan. It was derived from Chiang Chung-cheng, a given name of Chiang Kai-shek, thus when translating into English or other non-Chinese languages, it sometimes would be replaced by "Chiang Kai-shek" instead of simply by transliteration.

The romanization of "中正" in these names sometimes omitted the letter "g", or replaced the "u" with "o", or vice versa. And sometimes separated two syllables ("Zhong" and "zheng") by a hyphen or space. In Taiwanese Hokkien, it is pronounced as "Tiongjying" (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-chèng). And the Hakka pronounced it as "Zúng-ziin" or "Zhùng-zhǐn".

In addition, some usages of "中正" in Chinese language are unrelated to Chiang Kai-shek, such as "zhongzheng" (中正), the name of a government official of the Nine-rank system in the imperial China. In the history of Japan, it also exist some usage of "中正", such as the "Chuuseikai" (中正会), these names were also unrelated to Chiang.

Standard romanizations in Mandarin

• Wade-Giles: Chungcheng
• MPS II: Jungjeng
• Hanyu Pinyin: Zhongzheng
• Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongjheng

Usage

Political divisions

• Zhongzheng District (中正區), Taipei
• Jhongjheng District (中正區), Keelung
• Chungcheng Village(s) (中正里)

Roads

• Chung Cheng,Zhongzheng or Jhongjheng Road(s) (中正路)
• Chung Cheng,Zhongzheng or Jhongjheng Street(s) (中正街)

Schools

• Chungcheng Elementary School(s) (中正國小)
• Chungcheng Junior High School(s) (中正國中)
• Zhongzheng Senior High School(s) (中正高中)
• National Chung Cheng University (國立中正大學)
• Chung-Cheng Armed Forces Preparatory School (中正預校)
• Chung Cheng High School (中正中學), a high school in Singapore

Other

• Chungcheng Park

See also

• Romanization of Chinese in the Republic of China
• Chungshan