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Beng Seng name meaning

明星bright; star
明成bright; to succeed
明勝bright; to win

Letters: 8
Syllables: 2
First letter: B
Romanization: Hokkien
Character options: 3
Category: Chinese Names
Gender: ♂ Boy

Chinese characters明星明成明勝

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Beng Seng

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Beng Seng is a Chinese boy's name from Hokkien romanization; written 明星 it means 'bright; star', but the meaning depends on the characters chosen.

Chinese characters for Beng Seng

This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.

明星

bright; star

Hokkien bêng seng / Mandarin míng xīng

attested
明成

bright; to succeed

Hokkien bêng sêng / Mandarin míng chéng
明勝

bright; to win

Hokkien bêng sèng / Mandarin míng shèng

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 Seng

Beng Seng is a boy's name spelled in Hokkien romanization. Beng usually stands for 明 (Hokkien bêng, 'bright'), while Seng can stand for 星 (literary reading seng, 'star'), 成 (sêng, 'to succeed') or 勝 (sèng, 'to win'). The characters 明星 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender	♂ Boy
Romanization	Hokkien
Parts	Beng + Seng
First letter	Chinese Names starting with B

Character pages

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

Sources

Wiktionary: 明 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: 星 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: 成 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: 勝 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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