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Surname Ting

陳 · 丁

Ting is a spelling of the Chinese surname 陳 (陈) in Foochow pronunciation, or of 丁 in Mandarin and Cantonese pronunciation.

Characters for the surname Ting

The spelling Ting is common in Foochow and Cantonese romanization.

  • 陈

    surname (simplified form of 陳)

    Foochow dìng / Mandarin chén

    attested

  • 丁

    surname; adult man; fourth

    Mandarin dīng (Wade-Giles ting1) / Cantonese ding1 / Foochow dĭng

陳 all spellings of chén丁 all spellings of dīng

Possible characters for Ting

Ting 陳 chén · Foochow 丁 dīng · Cantonese · Foochow
The spelling Ting can stand for 2 characters. The spelling alone does not show which one a family uses.
CharacterMandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
陳chén · Foochow
丁dīng · Cantonese · Foochow

Other spellings of the same character

  • Tan 陳Hokkien, Teochew, Mandarin (pinyin)
  • Chan 陳Cantonese, Hokkien
  • Chen 陳Mandarin (pinyin)
  • Chin 陳Hakka, Cantonese
  • Chun 陳Cantonese
  • Ding 陳 丁Foochow, Mandarin (pinyin)
  • Tang 陳Teochew, Cantonese, Mandarin (pinyin)
  • Teng 丁Hokkien, Teochew

About the surname Ting

Ting is a surname spelling that can stand for two characters. For 陳 (simplified 陈) it follows the Foochow reading dìng; the same surname is written Tan in Hokkien and Chan in Cantonese. For 丁 it follows Mandarin dīng (Wade-Giles ting1), Cantonese ding1 and Foochow dĭng. The character 陈 is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 陳 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 陈 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 丁 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 丁 · mdbg.net · meaning

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