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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Khein

  • 健strong; healthy
  • 權power; right
  • 乾heaven; first of the eight trigrams
Letters
5
Syllables
1
First letter
K
Romanization
Hakka
Character options
3
  • Chinese characters健權乾
1

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

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Khein is a Chinese name syllable from a Hakka reading, for example the character 健, meaning 'strong; healthy'; the meaning depends on the character chosen.

Possible characters for Khein

This spelling is common in Hakka romanization.

  • 健

    strong; healthy

    Hakka khien / Mandarin jiàn

    attested

  • 權

    power; right

    Hakka khièn / Mandarin quán

  • 乾

    heaven; first of the eight trigrams

    Hakka khièn / Mandarin qián

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

Khein is a Chinese name syllable that matches the Hakka reading khien. The character 健 (strong; healthy) is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling, while 權 (power; right) and 乾 (heaven) are also read khièn in Hakka. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

RomanizationHakka

Character pages

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

Chinese names with the syllable Khein

Sources

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

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