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Khein Seng name meaning

  • 健成strong; healthy; to succeed; to accomplish
  • 建成to build; to establish; to succeed; to accomplish
Letters
9
Syllables
2
First letter
K
Romanization
Hakka, Hokkien
Character options
2
Gender
♂ Boy
  • Chinese characters健成建成
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Khein Seng

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Chinese Names: K

Khein Seng is a Chinese boy's name that may be written 健成 or 建成; its meaning depends on the characters chosen.

Chinese characters for Khein Seng

This spelling is common in Hakka and Hokkien romanization.

  • 健成

    strong; healthy; to succeed; to accomplish

    Hakka khien (健) / Hokkien sêng (成)

    attested

  • 建成

    to build; to establish; to succeed; to accomplish

    Hakka kien (建) / Hokkien sêng (成)

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 Khein Seng

Khein Seng is a Chinese name spelling that mixes two romanization habits. Khein matches the Hakka reading of 健 (khien, strong) or 建 (kien, to build), while Seng matches 成 (to succeed) in the Hokkien reading sêng. The characters 健成 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♂ Boy
RomanizationHakka, Hokkien
PartsKhein + Seng
First letterChinese Names starting with K

Character pages

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

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 健 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 健 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 成 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 成 · mdbg.net · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 建 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  6. MDBG: 建 · mdbg.net · meaning

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