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Surname Yee

于 · 余

Yee is a spelling of the Chinese surname 于 or 余, following the Hokkien reading î and the Hakka reading yì.

Characters for the surname Yee

The spelling Yee is common in Hokkien and Hakka romanization.

  • 于

    surname; to go to; at

    Hokkien î / Mandarin yú

    attested

  • 余

    surname; I, me (literary)

    Hakka yì / Hokkien î / Mandarin yú

于 all spellings of yú余 all spellings of yú

Possible characters for Yee

Yee 于 yú · Hokkien 余 yú · Hokkien · Hakka
The spelling Yee can stand for 2 characters. The spelling alone does not show which one a family uses.
CharacterMandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
于yú · Hokkien
余yú · Hokkien · Hakka

Other spellings of the same character

  • Yi 余Mandarin (pinyin), Hakka
  • Eu 余Cantonese, Hakka
  • Ee 余Hokkien, Teochew

About the surname Yee

Yee is a surname spelling that matches the reading î, the Hokkien (Zhangzhou and Taiwan) reading of 于 and 余, and the Hakka reading yì of 余. In Mandarin both characters are read yú, while in Cantonese 余 is jyu4 (Yu). The character 于 is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling; which character applies depends on the family.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 于 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 于 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 余 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 余 · mdbg.net · meaning

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