Chinese surname

Surname Wee

魏 · 黃

Wee is a Chinese surname that can stand for 黃/黄 (Huang) or 魏 (Wei) in Hokkien spelling.

Characters for the surname Wee

The spelling Wee is common in Hokkien romanization.

黃

yellow; surname

Hokkien ûiⁿ (Zhangzhou, Penang) / Mandarin huáng

attested
黄

yellow; surname

Hokkien ûiⁿ (Zhangzhou, Penang) / Mandarin huáng

attested
魏

the ancient state of Wei; surname

Hokkien gūi / Mandarin wèi

attested

魏 all spellings of wèi 黃 all spellings of huáng

Possible characters for Wee

The spelling Wee can stand for 2 characters. The spelling alone does not show which one a family uses.

Character	Mandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
魏	wèi · Hokkien
黃	huáng · Hokkien

Other spellings of the same character

Gooi 魏Hokkien
Gwee 魏Hokkien, Teochew
Ngwe 魏Hakka, Teochew
Wei 魏Mandarin (pinyin)
Wong 黃Cantonese, Hakka
Ooi 黃Hokkien
Huang 黃Mandarin (pinyin)
Bong 黃Hakka, Cantonese
Ng 黃Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew

About the surname Wee

Wee spells two different surnames. For 黃 (simplified 黄, Mandarin Huang) it follows the Hokkien reading ûiⁿ of the Zhangzhou and Penang varieties; other Hokkien varieties say n̂g, hence the spelling Ng, while Wong is the Cantonese spelling. For 魏 (Mandarin Wei) it is close to the Hokkien reading gūi, also spelled Gwee. Both surnames are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling.

Sources

Wiktionary: 黃 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: 黄 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: 魏 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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Entry ID: mn00821 · Updated 2026-10-25 · Report a mistake