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Cheng Hoe name meaning

  • 清和clear, clean, pure; peaceful, harmonious
  • 正和upright, correct; peaceful, harmonious
Letters
8
Syllables
2
First letter
C
Romanization
Hokkien, Teochew
Character options
2
Gender
♂ Boy
  • Chinese characters清和正和
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Cheng Hoe

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Chinese Names: C

Cheng Hoe is a Chinese male given name with a Hokkien or Teochew spelling; written 清和, it means 'clear, clean, pure; peaceful, harmonious'.

Chinese characters for Cheng Hoe

This spelling is common in Hokkien and Teochew romanization.

  • 清和

    clear, clean, pure; peaceful, harmonious

    Hokkien chheng hôe / Teochew cêng1 huê5 / Mandarin qīng hé

    attested

  • 正和

    upright, correct; peaceful, harmonious

    Hokkien chèng hôe / Mandarin zhèng hé

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 Cheng Hoe

Cheng Hoe is a Chinese male given name spelled after its Hokkien or Teochew pronunciation. Cheng stands for 清 (Hokkien chheng, Teochew cêng1) or 正 (Hokkien chèng), and Hoe for 和, read hôe in Zhangzhou and Penang Hokkien and huê5 in Teochew. The characters 清和 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. Characters that fit this spelling: 清和 (clear, clean, pure; peaceful, harmonious); 正和 (upright, correct; peaceful, harmonious). The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose, since one spelling can stand for several characters.

Gender♂ Boy
RomanizationHokkien, Teochew
PartsCheng + Hoe
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: 清 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 和 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 正 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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