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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Jie

  • 洁clean; pure
  • 傑hero; outstanding
  • 杰hero; outstanding
Letters
3
Syllables
1
First letter
J
Romanization
Mandarin (pinyin)
Character options
5
  • Chinese characters洁傑杰婕捷
5

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

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Jie is a Mandarin pinyin syllable in Chinese names whose meaning depends on the characters, such as 洁 (clean), 傑/杰 (hero) and 捷 (to win).

Possible characters for Jie

This spelling is common in Mandarin (pinyin) romanization.

  • 洁

    clean; pure

    Mandarin jié

    attested

  • 傑

    hero; outstanding

    Mandarin jié

    attested

  • 杰

    hero; outstanding

    Mandarin jié

    attested

  • 婕

    used in female names; beautiful

    Mandarin jié

  • 捷

    to win; quick

    Mandarin jié

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 Jie

Jie is a syllable used in Malaysian Chinese names. The spelling is Mandarin pinyin jié for characters such as 洁, 傑 (杰 in simplified form), 婕 and 捷. The characters 洁, 傑 and 杰 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling, and their meanings differ. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

RomanizationMandarin (pinyin)

Jie in the JPN ‘Cina’ tables

Peak era
1990s
Share (boy)
8%
JPN entries
1
  • Boy 1990s · 8%

Entries containing this syllable: Wei Jie 1990s ♂ 800

Share of each decade’s top-10 total for that sex; names outside the tables have no figure. Chinese naming eras · Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Character pages

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

Chinese names with the syllable Jie

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 潔 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 傑 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 婕 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 捷 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  5. MDBG: 洁 · mdbg.net · meaning
  6. MDBG: 傑 · mdbg.net · meaning
  7. MDBG: 杰 · mdbg.net · meaning

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