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Khoon Choy name meaning

  • 坤才earth (the kun trigram); talent; ability
  • 坤財earth (the kun trigram); wealth; riches
Letters
9
Syllables
2
First letter
K
Romanization
Hakka, Cantonese
Character options
2
Gender
♂ Boy
  • Chinese characters坤才坤財
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Khoon Choy

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Chinese Names: K

Khoon Choy is a Chinese boy's name that may be written 坤才 or 坤財; its meaning depends on the characters chosen.

Chinese characters for Khoon Choy

This spelling is common in Hakka and Cantonese romanization.

  • 坤才

    earth (the kun trigram); talent; ability

    Hakka khûn chhòi / Cantonese coi4 (才)

  • 坤財

    earth (the kun trigram); wealth; riches

    Hakka khûn chhòi / Cantonese coi4 (財)

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 Khoon Choy

Khoon Choy is a Chinese name spelling that fits Hakka readings. Khoon matches 坤 (earth; Hakka khûn), and Choy matches 才 (talent) or 財 (wealth), read chhòi in Hakka and coi4 in Cantonese. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♂ Boy
RomanizationHakka, Cantonese
PartsKhoon + Choy
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: 坤 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 坤 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 才 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 才 · mdbg.net · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 財 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  6. MDBG: 財 · mdbg.net · meaning

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