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Chee Tean name meaning

  • 志天will, aspiration; sky, heavens
  • 志典will, aspiration; law, canon, classic work
Letters
8
Syllables
2
First letter
C
Romanization
Hokkien
Character options
2
Gender
♂ Boy
  • Chinese characters志天志典
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records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Chee Tean

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Chinese Names: C

Chee Tean is a Chinese male given name with a Hokkien spelling; written 志天, it means 'will, aspiration; sky, heavens'.

Chinese characters for Chee Tean

This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.

  • 志天

    will, aspiration; sky, heavens

    Hokkien chì thian / Mandarin zhì tiān

  • 志典

    will, aspiration; law, canon, classic work

    Hokkien chì tián / Mandarin zhì diǎn

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 Chee Tean

Chee Tean is a Chinese male given name spelled after its Hokkien pronunciation. Chee stands for 志 (Hokkien chì), and Tean spells the Hokkien reading thian (天) or tián (典). Characters that fit this spelling: 志天 (will, aspiration; sky, heavens); 志典 (will, aspiration; law, canon, classic work). The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose, since one spelling can stand for several characters.

Gender♂ Boy
RomanizationHokkien
PartsChee + Tean
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: 志 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 天 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 典 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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