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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Cheh

  • 哲wise; sage
  • 徹to penetrate; to pervade
  • 齊even, uniform; complete
Letters
4
Syllables
1
First letter
C
Romanization
Hokkien
Character options
4
  • Chinese characters哲徹齊濟
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Cheh in their name

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Cheh is a Chinese name syllable that can stand for characters such as 哲 ('wise; sage'), depending on the characters the family chose.

Possible characters for Cheh

This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.

  • 哲

    wise; sage

    Mandarin zhé (Wade–Giles che²)

  • 徹

    to penetrate; to pervade

    Mandarin chè (Wade–Giles ch'e⁴)

  • 齊

    even, uniform; complete

    Hokkien chê / Mandarin qí

  • 濟

    to cross a river; to help

    Hokkien chè / Mandarin jì

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 Cheh

Cheh is a Chinese name syllable romanized from Mandarin and Hokkien. The spelling can come from the Mandarin Wade–Giles form che (zhé, chè) or the Hokkien readings chê and chè. One spelling can stand for several characters, including 哲, 徹, 齊 and 濟. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

RomanizationHokkien

Character pages

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

Chinese names with the syllable Cheh

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 哲 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 徹 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 齊 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 濟 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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