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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Goon

  • 银silver; silvery, lustrous; money
Letters
4
Syllables
1
First letter
G
Romanization
Hokkien
Character options
1
  • Chinese characters银
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Goon in their name

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Goon is a Hokkien Chinese name syllable; the character 银 (Hokkien gûn) means silver, silvery or money.

Possible characters for Goon

This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.

  • 银

    silver; silvery, lustrous; money

    Hokkien gûn / Mandarin yín

    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 Goon

Goon is a syllable in Chinese names, romanized from Hokkien. The spelling matches the reading gûn of 银 (traditional 銀), meaning silver, silvery or money. The character 银 is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. 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.

RomanizationHokkien

Character pages

Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.

Chinese names with the syllable Goon

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 银 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 銀 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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