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Hooi Yee name meaning

  • 慧怡intelligent; cheerful, happy
  • 惠怡kindness, favour; cheerful, happy
  • 慧漪intelligent; ripple
Letters
7
Syllables
2
First letter
H
Romanization
Hokkien, Teochew
Character options
3
Gender
♀ Girl
  • Chinese characters慧怡惠怡慧漪
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Hooi Yee

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Chinese Names: H

Hooi Yee is a Chinese given name whose meaning depends on the characters; for example 慧怡 means 'intelligent; cheerful, happy'.

Chinese characters for Hooi Yee

This spelling is common in Hokkien and Teochew romanization.

  • 慧怡

    intelligent; cheerful, happy

    Hokkien hūi î / Teochew hui6 i5 / Mandarin huì yí

  • 惠怡

    kindness, favour; cheerful, happy

    Hokkien hūi î / Teochew hui6 i5 / Mandarin huì yí

  • 慧漪

    intelligent; ripple

    Hokkien hūi ī / Teochew hui6 i1 / Mandarin huì yī

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 Hooi Yee

Hooi Yee is a romanized Chinese given name, most likely from Hokkien or Teochew. Hooi spells hui, the reading of 慧 (intelligent) or 惠 (kindness), and Yee spells the sound i, the reading of 怡 (cheerful) or 漪 (ripple). The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♀ Girl
RomanizationHokkien, Teochew
PartsHooi + Yee
First letterChinese Names starting with H

Character pages

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

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 慧 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 怡 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 惠 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 漪 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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