Chinese name syllable
Syllable Gin
- 銀silver; silvery, lustrous; money
- Letters
- 3
- Syllables
- 1●
- First letter
- G
- Romanization
- Hokkien
- Character options
- 1
- Category
- Chinese syllable
- Chinese characters銀
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Gin in their name
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Gin is a Hokkien Chinese name syllable; the character 銀 (Hokkien gîn) means silver, silvery or money.
Possible characters for Gin
This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.
- 銀
silver; silvery, lustrous; money
Hokkien gîn / Mandarin yín
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 Gin
Gin is a syllable in Chinese names, romanized from Hokkien. In Zhangzhou-type Hokkien, close to Penang Hokkien, the character 銀 is read gîn and means silver, silvery or money. One spelling can stand for several characters, so the meaning depends on the character the family chose. The syllable is usually paired with another syllable in a full name.
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Chinese names with the syllable Gin
Sources
- Wiktionary: 銀 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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