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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Huey

  • 惠benefit; favour; kind; gentle
  • 慧bright; intelligent; intelligence
  • 輝brightness; radiance; to shine upon
Letters
4
Syllables
1
First letter
H
Romanization
Hokkien, Teochew
Character options
3
Category
Chinese syllable
  • Chinese characters惠慧輝
1

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

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Huey is a Chinese name syllable from Hokkien and Teochew pronunciation; its meaning depends on the character chosen, such as 惠 (benefit), 慧 (bright) or 輝 (brightness).

Possible characters for Huey

This spelling is common in Hokkien and Teochew romanization.

  • 惠

    benefit; favour; kind; gentle

    Hokkien hūi / Teochew hui6 / Mandarin huì

    attested

  • 慧

    bright; intelligent; intelligence

    Hokkien hūi / Teochew hui6 / Mandarin huì

  • 輝

    brightness; radiance; to shine upon

    Hokkien hui / Teochew hui1 / Mandarin huī

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 Huey

Huey is a spelling of a Chinese name syllable from the Hokkien and Teochew reading hui. The character 惠 (kindness, benefit) is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling; other characters with the same reading include 慧 (intelligent) and 輝 (radiance). In Cantonese these characters are read wai or fai, so they are spelled differently. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

RomanizationHokkien, Teochew

Character pages

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

Chinese names with the syllable Huey

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 惠 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 慧 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 輝 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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