Chinese name syllable
Syllable Ban
- 万ten thousand; myriad
- 斌refined; elegant (variant of 彬)
- 班group; class
- Letters
- 3
- Syllables
- 1●
- First letter
- B
- Romanization
- Hokkien, Cantonese
- Character options
- 3
- Category
- Chinese syllable
- Chinese characters万斌班
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Ban in their name
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Ban is a Chinese name syllable from Hokkien, Cantonese or Mandarin, such as 万 (ten thousand), 斌 (refined) or 班 (class); its meaning depends on the characters.
Possible characters for Ban
This spelling is common in Hokkien, Cantonese and Mandarin (pinyin) romanization.
- 万
ten thousand; myriad
Hokkien bān / Mandarin wàn
attested
- 斌
refined; elegant (variant of 彬)
Cantonese ban1 / Mandarin bīn
- 班
group; class
Mandarin bān
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 Ban
Ban is a spelling of Hokkien bān, Cantonese ban1 or Mandarin pinyin bān. The character 万 (ten thousand), read bān in Hokkien, is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling; 斌 (refined) is read ban1 in Cantonese. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
| Romanization | Hokkien, Cantonese, Mandarin (pinyin) |
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Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Chinese names with the syllable Ban
Sources
- MDBG: 万 · mdbg.net · meaning
- MDBG: 斌 · mdbg.net · meaning
- MDBG: 班 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 萬 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 斌 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 彬 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 班 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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