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Ah Siang name meaning

  • 亞相familiar prefix; mutually, together
  • 亞祥familiar prefix; good luck, good omen
  • 亞翔familiar prefix; to fly, soar
Letters
7
Syllables
2
First letter
A
Romanization
Hokkien, Teochew
Character options
3
Gender
♂ Boy
  • Chinese characters亞相亞祥亞翔
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Ah Siang

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Chinese Names: A

Ah Siang is a Chinese boy's nickname from Hokkien or Teochew; Siang can be 相 'mutual', 祥 'good omen' or 翔 'soar'.

Chinese characters for Ah Siang

This spelling is common in Hokkien and Teochew romanization.

  • 亞相

    familiar prefix; mutually, together

    Hokkien a siang / Teochew a1 siang1 / Mandarin yā xiāng

    attested

  • 亞祥

    familiar prefix; good luck, good omen

    Teochew a1 siang5 / Mandarin yā xiáng

  • 亞翔

    familiar prefix; to fly, soar

    Hokkien (Zhangzhou) a siâng / Teochew a1 siang5 / Mandarin yā xiáng

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 Siang

Ah is a familiar prefix in Chinese nicknames, written 亞 or 阿 (亞 serves as a variant of 阿 in this use). Siang is a Hokkien or Teochew spelling that can stand for 相 (mutual), 祥 (good omen, Teochew siang5) or 翔 (soar). The characters 亞相 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♂ Boy
RomanizationHokkien, Teochew
PartsAh + Siang
First letterChinese Names starting with A

Character pages

Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 亞 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 亞 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 相 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 相 · mdbg.net · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 祥 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  6. MDBG: 祥 · mdbg.net · meaning
  7. Wiktionary: 翔 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  8. MDBG: 翔 · mdbg.net · meaning

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