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Surname Ooi

黃

Ooi is a Hokkien spelling of the Chinese surname 黃, meaning yellow.

Characters for the surname Ooi

The spelling Ooi is common in Hokkien romanization.

  • 黃

    yellow; surname

    Hokkien ûiⁿ / Mandarin huáng

    attested

  • 黄

    yellow; surname (simplified form)

    Hokkien ûiⁿ / Mandarin huáng (simplified form of 黃)

    attested

黃 all spellings of huáng

Possible characters for Ooi

Ooi 黃 huáng · Hokkien
In our records the spelling Ooi stands for 黃.
CharacterMandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
黃huáng · Hokkien

Other spellings of the same character

  • Wong 黃Cantonese, Hakka
  • Wee 黃Hokkien
  • Huang 黃Mandarin (pinyin)
  • Bong 黃Hakka, Cantonese
  • Ng 黃Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew

About the surname Ooi

Ooi is a spelling of the surname 黃 (simplified 黄) from the vernacular reading ûiⁿ in Zhangzhou and Penang Hokkien, according to Wiktionary. Other spellings of the same character are Ng (Hokkien), Wong (Cantonese and Hakka) and Huang (Mandarin). The character means yellow.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 黃 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 黃 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. MDBG: 黄 · mdbg.net · meaning

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