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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Hwee

  • 辉brightness; brilliance
  • 慧bright, intelligent; intelligence
  • 惠favour, benefit; kind
Letters
4
Syllables
1
First letter
H
Romanization
Hokkien, Teochew
Character options
4
  • Chinese characters辉慧惠徽

Hwee is a Chinese name syllable from the Hokkien or Teochew reading hui; its meaning depends on the character, such as 辉 (brightness) or 慧 (intelligent).

Possible characters for Hwee

This spelling is common in Hokkien and Teochew romanization.

  • 辉

    brightness; brilliance

    Hokkien hui / Teochew hui1 / Mandarin huī

    attested

  • 慧

    bright, intelligent; intelligence

    Hokkien hūi / Teochew hui6 / Mandarin huì

    attested

  • 惠

    favour, benefit; kind

    Hokkien hūi / Teochew hui6 / Mandarin huì

    attested

  • 徽

    emblem, badge; fine, beautiful

    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 Hwee

Hwee is a syllable in Chinese names, usually romanized from the Hokkien or Teochew reading hui. Characters spelled this way include 辉 (brightness; brilliance), 慧 (intelligent; intelligence), 惠 (favour; kind) and 徽 (emblem; fine). The characters 辉, 慧 and 惠 are recorded in public data for names with this spelling. The actual 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 Hwee

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 輝 (辉) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 慧 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 惠 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 徽 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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