Chinese name syllable
Syllable Hoong
- 雄masculine; powerful
- 鴻wild swan; vast
- 洪flood; vast, grand
- Letters
- 5
- Syllables
- 1●
- First letter
- H
- Romanization
- Cantonese
- Character options
- 4
- Category
- Chinese syllable
- Chinese characters雄鴻洪虹
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Hoong in their name
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Hoong is a Chinese name syllable from Cantonese pronunciation; its meaning depends on the characters chosen, for example 雄 (masculine; powerful).
Possible characters for Hoong
This spelling is common in Cantonese romanization.
- 雄
masculine; powerful
Cantonese hung4 / Mandarin xióng
attested
- 鴻
wild swan; vast
Cantonese hung4 / Mandarin hóng
- 洪
flood; vast, grand
Cantonese hung4 / Mandarin hóng
- 虹
rainbow
Cantonese hung4 / Mandarin hóng
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 Hoong
Hoong is a Chinese name syllable spelling taken from Cantonese pronunciation. The oo here stands for the sound u, as in Jyutping hung. The character 雄 (masculine; powerful) is recorded in Malaysian names with this spelling. Other characters read this way include 鴻 (wild swan; vast), 洪 (flood; vast, grand) and 虹 (rainbow). The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
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Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Chinese names with the syllable Hoong
Sources
- Wiktionary: 雄 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 鴻 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 洪 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 虹 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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