Chinese name syllable
Syllable Chean
- 健strong; healthy
- 建to build; to establish
- 錢money; a surname
- Letters
- 5
- Syllables
- 1●
- First letter
- C
- Romanization
- Hokkien
- Character options
- 3
- Category
- Chinese syllable
- Chinese characters健建錢
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Chean in their name
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Chean is a Chinese name syllable that can stand for characters such as 健 ('strong; healthy'), depending on the characters the family chose.
Possible characters for Chean
This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.
- 健
strong; healthy
Mandarin jiàn (Wade–Giles chien⁴)
attested
- 建
to build; to establish
Mandarin jiàn (Wade–Giles chien⁴)
- 錢
money; a surname
Hokkien chiân / Mandarin qián (Wade–Giles ch'ien²)
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 Chean
Chean is a Chinese name syllable romanized from Mandarin and Hokkien. The spelling follows the older Wade–Giles forms chien (Mandarin jiàn) and ch'ien (qián), or the Hokkien reading chiân. One spelling can stand for several characters, including 健, 建 and 錢. The character 健 is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
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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 Chean
Sources
- Wiktionary: 健 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 建 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 錢 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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