Chinese Names · Boy
Fai Yin name meaning
- 輝賢brightness, radiance; virtuous, wise
- 輝彥brightness, radiance; person of virtue and ability
- Letters
- 6
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- F
- Romanization
- Cantonese
- Character options
- 2
- Category
- Chinese Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Chinese characters輝賢輝彥
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Fai Yin
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Fai Yin is a Cantonese-spelled boy's name; written 輝賢 it means 'radiance' and 'wise', though the meaning depends on the characters.
Chinese characters for Fai Yin
This spelling is common in Cantonese romanization.
- 輝賢
brightness, radiance; virtuous, wise
Cantonese fai1 jin4 / Mandarin huī xián
- 輝彥
brightness, radiance; person of virtue and ability
Cantonese fai1 jin6 / Mandarin huī yàn
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 Fai Yin
Fai Yin is a boy's name in Cantonese spelling. Fai commonly stands for 輝 (fai1), 'brightness, radiance', and Yin for the Cantonese sound jin, as in 賢 (jin4) 'virtuous, wise' or 彥 (jin6) 'person of virtue and ability'. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Sources
- Wiktionary: 輝 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 賢 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 彥 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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