Chinese Names · Boy
Cheok Leng name meaning
- 卓能outstanding, brilliant; able, capable
- Letters
- 9
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- C
- Romanization
- Cantonese, Hokkien
- Character options
- 1
- Category
- Chinese Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Chinese characters卓能
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Cheok Leng
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Cheok Leng is a Chinese boy's name; for example 卓能 means 'outstanding; capable', but the meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
Chinese characters for Cheok Leng
This spelling is common in Cantonese and Hokkien romanization.
- 卓能
outstanding, brilliant; able, capable
Cantonese coek3 (卓) / Hokkien lêng (能)
attested
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 Cheok Leng
Cheok Leng is an informal Chinese romanization. Cheok matches the Cantonese reading coek3 of 卓 (outstanding, brilliant), while Leng matches the Hokkien reading lêng of 能 (able), so the spelling mixes two readings. The characters 卓能 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Romanization | Cantonese, Hokkien |
| Parts | Cheok + Leng |
| First letter | Chinese Names starting with C |
Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Sources
- Wiktionary: 卓 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 能 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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