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Chinese name character 英

yīng

The character 英 (Mandarin yīng) appears in 6 names and 1 syllable in this reference and is spelled Ying, Eng and Yin in Malaysia. Recorded meanings include “flower; outstanding; hero”.

Names and syllables
7
Malaysian spellings
3
Strokes
9
Attested in records
2

7 names and syllables in this reference have 英 as one of their character options. For 2 of them, 英 is attested in records of real names; the rest are possible characters for that spelling.

Meanings of 英: the recorded options

  • flower; outstanding; hero

    in 7 character options · attested

Unihan definition: petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English

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 英

英 Ying Mandarin Eng Hokkien · Teochew Yin Hakka
英 yields 3 spellings in our records. The label under each spelling is the romanization it follows, not the bearer’s dialect.
SpellingRomanization
YingMandarin
EngHokkien · Teochew
YinHakka

Readings of 英 by dialect

DialectReadingMalaysian spelling
HokkienPe̍h-ōe-jī eng Eng
HakkaPha̍k-fa-sṳ yîn Yin
TeochewPeng’im êng1 Eng
MandarinHanyu Pinyin yīng Ying

Readings from the character options in our name records; Unihan gives Mandarin yīng and Cantonese jing1.

6 names that can be written with 英

1 syllables that can stand for 英

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 英 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 英 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Unicode Unihan Database: U+82F1 · 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 英 mean in a name?

Our records give several meanings for 英, including “flower; outstanding; hero”. What a name actually means depends on the characters the family chose and how they combine.

How is 英 spelled in Malaysia?

In our records 英 is spelled Ying (Mandarin), Eng (Hokkien, Teochew) and Yin (Hakka). A spelling follows a dialect’s romanization; it does not show which dialect anyone speaks.

Is every Ying written 英?

Not necessarily. The spelling Ying can also stand for 媖, 瑩, 盈. Only the family knows which character was chosen.