Where does “Cheong” come from?

Cheong (English) comes from Cantonese 蔣.

Cheong (English): Any of various Korean sweet syrups and fruit preserves

Definitions

  1. Any of various Korean sweet syrups and fruit preserves

Ancestry of “Cheong”, step by step

Cheong traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cantonese 蔣

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cantonese蔣—

via Korean 청(淸)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean청(淸)—
Every word from Cantonese 蔣 →