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Chui Mui name meaning

  • 翠梅blue-green, green jade; Chinese plum
  • 翠玫blue-green, green jade; a gemstone (in 玫瑰, rose)
  • 翠妹blue-green, green jade; younger sister, girl
Letters
7
Syllables
2
First letter
C
Romanization
Cantonese, Hokkien
Character options
3
Gender
♀ Girl
  • Chinese characters翠梅翠玫翠妹
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records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Chui Mui

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Chinese Names: C

Chui Mui is a Cantonese or Hokkien girl's name; written 翠梅 it means 'blue-green; Chinese plum', but the meaning depends on the characters chosen.

Chinese characters for Chui Mui

This spelling is common in Cantonese and Hokkien romanization.

  • 翠梅

    blue-green, green jade; Chinese plum

    Cantonese ceoi3 mui4 / Hokkien chhùi mûi / Mandarin cuì méi

    attested

  • 翠玫

    blue-green, green jade; a gemstone (in 玫瑰, rose)

    Cantonese ceoi3 mui4 / Hokkien chhùi mûi / Mandarin cuì méi

  • 翠妹

    blue-green, green jade; younger sister, girl

    Cantonese ceoi3 mui6 / Hokkien chhùi mūi / Mandarin cuì mèi

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 Chui Mui

Chui Mui is a girl's name whose spelling fits both Cantonese and Hokkien. Chui is 翠 (blue-green, green jade), Cantonese ceoi3 and Hokkien chhùi, and Mui is read mui in both dialects, as in 梅 (Chinese plum), 玫 or 妹 (younger sister). The characters 翠梅 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♀ Girl
RomanizationCantonese, Hokkien
PartsChui + Mui
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: 翠 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 梅 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 玫 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 妹 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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