used in 鄭重|郑重[zheng4 zhong4]

serious; solemn; earnest; conscientious

Zheng coding; original Chinese character coding based on component shapes, created by Zheng Yili 鄭易里|郑易里[Zheng4 Yi4 li3], underlying most stroke-based Chinese input methods; also called common coding 字根通用碼|字根通用码[zi4 gen1 tong1 yong4 ma3]

Zheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer

folk music of the state of Zheng 鄭|郑[Zheng4]; lascivious, decadent music

see 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4]

Zheng Xuan (127-200), late Han scholar

Ekin Cheng (1967-), Hong Kong actor and pop singer

Zheng Guangzu, Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家

Zhengguo canal, a 150 km long irrigation canal in Shaanxi built in 264 BC

Zhengzhou, prefecture-level city and capital of Henan Province 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3]

Zheng Xingjuan (1989–), Chinese female high jumper

Koxinga (1624-1662), military leader

Zheng Yili (1906-2002), translator, editor and lexicographer, creator of the Zheng coding

Chung Mongjoon (1951-), Korean magnate and the founder of Hyundai 現代|现代[Xian4 dai4]

Carol "Dodo" Cheng Yu-Ling (1957-), Hong Kong actress and TV host

(lit.) the person from Zheng 鄭|郑[Zheng4] who wanted to buy shoes (an allusion to an ancient story about somebody who, when buying a pair of shoes, preferred to rely on their foot measurements rather than just trying them on) (idiom); (fig.) disregarding the sensible approach in favor of adherence to a fixed idea

Men of Zheng fighting over their respective ages (idiom); a futile quarrel

Zhengzhou University

serious about the matter