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Chin Hoon name meaning

  • 振雲to rise vigorously; cloud
  • 真芬true, genuine; fragrance
  • 珍芬precious, treasure; fragrance
Letters
8
Syllables
2
First letter
C
Romanization
Hokkien
Character options
3
  • Chinese characters振雲真芬珍芬
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Chin Hoon

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Chinese Names: C

Chin Hoon is a Hokkien-spelled Chinese name for boys and girls; for example 真芬 means 'true; fragrant', but the meaning depends on the characters chosen.

Chinese characters for Chin Hoon

This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.

  • 振雲

    to rise vigorously; cloud

    Hokkien chín hûn

  • 真芬

    true, genuine; fragrance

    Hokkien chin hun

  • 珍芬

    precious, treasure; fragrance

    Hokkien chin hun

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 Chin Hoon

Chin Hoon is a Hokkien spelling. Chin can stand for the reading chin or chín, as in 真 (true), 珍 (precious) or 振 (to rise), while Hoon is an older spelling of hun, as in 雲 (cloud) or 芬 (fragrance). The spelling is used for both boys and girls, and the actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♂♀ Boys and girls
RomanizationHokkien
PartsChin + Hoon
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: 振 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 雲 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 真 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 芬 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 珍 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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