Chinese name syllable
Syllable Keong
- 強strong, powerful; energetic
- 恭respectful, polite
- 疆border; territory
- Letters
- 5
- Syllables
- 1●
- First letter
- K
- Romanization
- Cantonese, Hokkien
- Character options
- 3
- Category
- Chinese syllable
- Chinese characters強恭疆
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Keong in their name
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Keong is a Cantonese and Hokkien syllable in Chinese names whose meaning depends on the characters, such as 強 (strong), 恭 (respectful) and 疆 (territory).
Possible characters for Keong
This spelling is common in Cantonese and Hokkien romanization.
- 強
strong, powerful; energetic
Cantonese koeng4 / Hokkien kiông
attested
- 恭
respectful, polite
Hokkien kiong
attested
- 疆
border; territory
Cantonese goeng1 / Hokkien kiong
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 Keong
Keong is a syllable used in Malaysian Chinese names. The spelling matches the Cantonese reading koeng4 of 強 and goeng1 of 疆, and the Hokkien reading kiông of 強 and kiong of 恭 and 疆. The characters 強 and 恭 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
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Keong in the JPN ‘Cina’ tables
- Peak era
- 1970s
- Share (boy)
- 31%
- JPN entries
- 2
- Boy 1970s · 31%
Entries containing this syllable: Chee Keong 1950s ♂ 648 · Chee Keong 1960s ♂ 1,890 · Kok Keong 1960s ♂ 802 · Chee Keong 1970s ♂ 2,405 · Kok Keong 1970s ♂ 1,016 · Chee Keong 1980s ♂ 1,344 · Kok Keong 1980s ♂ 579
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 Keong
Sources
- Wiktionary: 強 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 恭 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 疆 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 強 · mdbg.net · meaning
- MDBG: 恭 · mdbg.net · meaning
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