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Ah Mee name meaning
- 阿美familiar prefix before names; beautiful
- Letters
- 5
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- A
- Romanization
- Cantonese, Hakka
- Character options
- 1
- Category
- Chinese Names
- Gender
- ♂♀ Unisex
- Chinese characters阿美
Ah Mee is a Chinese name spelling; Ah is the familiar prefix 阿 and Mee commonly stands for 美, 'beautiful'.
Chinese characters for Ah Mee
This spelling is common in Cantonese, Hakka and Teochew romanization.
- 阿美
familiar prefix before names; beautiful
Cantonese aa3 mei5 / Hakka â mî / Teochew a1 mi2 / Mandarin ā měi
One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.
About the name Ah Mee
Ah spells 阿, a familiar prefix placed before a one-syllable name. Mee matches 美 'beautiful' in Cantonese (mei5), Hakka (mî) or Teochew (mi2); Hokkien reads 美 as bí, so the spelling Mee does not come from Hokkien. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
| Gender | ♂♀ Boys and girls |
|---|---|
| Romanization | Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew |
| Parts | Ah + Mee |
| First letter | Chinese Names starting with A |
Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Sources
- MDBG: 阿 · mdbg.net · meaning
- MDBG: 美 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 阿 · en.wiktionary.org · reading
- Wiktionary: 美 · en.wiktionary.org · reading
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