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Beng Hee name meaning

  • 明喜bright, clear; joyful, to like
  • 明熙bright, clear; bright, prosperous
  • 明希bright, clear; hope, rare
Letters
7
Syllables
2
First letter
B
Romanization
Hokkien
Character options
3
Gender
♂ Boy
  • Chinese characters明喜明熙明希
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Beng Hee

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Chinese Names: B

Beng Hee is a Chinese boy's name romanized from Hokkien; one written form, 明喜, means 'bright; joyful'.

Chinese characters for Beng Hee

This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.

  • 明喜

    bright, clear; joyful, to like

    Hokkien bêng hí / Mandarin míng xǐ

    attested

  • 明熙

    bright, clear; bright, prosperous

    Hokkien bêng hi / Mandarin míng xī

  • 明希

    bright, clear; hope, rare

    Hokkien bêng hi / Mandarin míng xī

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 Beng Hee

Beng Hee follows Hokkien pronunciation: Beng for 明 (bêng) and Hee for 喜 (hí) or 熙, 希 (hi). The characters 明喜 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♂ Boy
RomanizationHokkien
PartsBeng + Hee
First letterChinese Names starting with B

Character pages

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

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 明 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 明 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 喜 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 喜 · mdbg.net · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 熙 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  6. MDBG: 熙 · mdbg.net · meaning
  7. Wiktionary: 希 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  8. MDBG: 希 · mdbg.net · meaning

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