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Chinese name character

Chinese name character 庭

tíng

The character 庭 (Mandarin tíng) appears in 11 names and 2 syllables in this reference and is spelled Teng, Ting and Ding in Malaysia. Recorded meanings include “courtyard, hall”.

Names and syllables
13
Malaysian spellings
3
Strokes
10
Attested in records
1

13 names and syllables in this reference have 庭 as one of their character options. For 1 of them, 庭 is attested in records of real names; the rest are possible characters for that spelling.

Meanings of 庭: the recorded options

  • courtyard, hall

    in 13 character options · attested

Unihan definition: courtyard; spacious hall or yard

What a name means depends on the characters the family chose and how they combine; these are options, not one definite meaning.

Malaysian spellings of 庭

庭 Teng Hokkien · Teochew Ting Hokkien · Cantonese · Mandarin Ding Foochow
庭 yields 3 spellings in our records. The label under each spelling is the romanization it follows, not the bearer’s dialect.
SpellingRomanizationattested in name records
TengHokkien · Teochewattested in name records
TingHokkien · Cantonese · Mandarinpossible
DingFoochowpossible

Readings of 庭 by dialect

DialectReadingMalaysian spelling
HokkienPe̍h-ōe-jī têng Teng, Ting
CantoneseJyutping ting4 Ting
TeochewPeng’im têng5 Teng
MandarinHanyu Pinyin tíng Ting
FoochowBàng-uâ-cê dìng Ding

Readings from the character options in our name records; Unihan gives Mandarin tíng and Cantonese ting4.

11 names that can be written with 庭

2 syllables that can stand for 庭

Sources

  1. MDBG: 庭 · mdbg.net · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 庭 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Unicode Unihan Database: U+5EAD · unicode.org · meaning

Readings, meanings and stroke count: the character options in our name records and the Unicode Unihan Database (Unicode License). A spelling describes how a name is written, not anyone’s dialect or background.

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Frequently asked questions

What does 庭 mean in a name?

Our records give several meanings for 庭, including “courtyard, hall”. What a name actually means depends on the characters the family chose and how they combine.

How is 庭 spelled in Malaysia?

In our records 庭 is spelled Teng (Hokkien, Teochew), Ting (Hokkien, Cantonese, Mandarin) and Ding (Foochow). A spelling follows a dialect’s romanization; it does not show which dialect anyone speaks.

Is every Teng written 庭?

Not necessarily. The spelling Teng can also stand for 登, 腾, 廷, 婷. Only the family knows which character was chosen.