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Chai Thiam name meaning

  • 再添again; to add, increase
  • 財添wealth; to add, increase
Letters
9
Syllables
2
First letter
C
Romanization
Hokkien
Character options
2
Category
Chinese Names
Gender
♂ Boy
  • Chinese characters再添財添
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Chai Thiam

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Chinese Names: C

Chai Thiam is a Chinese boy's name from Hokkien romanization; written 再添 it means 'again; to add', but the meaning depends on the characters chosen.

Chinese characters for Chai Thiam

This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.

  • 再添

    again; to add, increase

    Hokkien chài thiam / Mandarin zài tiān

    attested

  • 財添

    wealth; to add, increase

    Hokkien châi thiam / Mandarin cái tiān

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 Chai Thiam

Chai Thiam is a boy's name spelled in Hokkien romanization. Chai can stand for 再 (Hokkien chài, 'again') or 財 (châi, 'wealth'), while Thiam matches 添 (thiam, 'to add, increase'). The characters 再添 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♂ Boy
RomanizationHokkien
PartsChai + Thiam
First letterChinese Names starting with C

Character pages

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

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 再 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 添 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 財 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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