Chinese name syllable
Syllable Lee
- 利benefit, advantage; profit
- 麗beautiful; lovely
- 莉white jasmine
- Letters
- 3
- Syllables
- 1●
- First letter
- L
- Romanization
- Cantonese, Hokkien
- Character options
- 5
- Category
- Chinese syllable
- Chinese characters利麗莉理李
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Lee in their name
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Lee is a Chinese name syllable from Cantonese or Hokkien, for example 利 (benefit) or 麗 (beautiful); the meaning depends on the characters chosen.
Possible characters for Lee
This spelling is common in Cantonese and Hokkien romanization.
- 利
benefit, advantage; profit
Cantonese lei6 / Hokkien lī / Mandarin lì
attested
- 麗
beautiful; lovely
Hokkien lē / Mandarin lì
- 莉
white jasmine
Cantonese lei6 / Hokkien lī / Mandarin lì
- 理
reason, logic; truth
Cantonese lei5 / Hokkien lí / Mandarin lǐ
- 李
plum; a surname
Cantonese lei5 / Hokkien lí / Mandarin lǐ
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 Lee
Lee is a syllable in Chinese Malaysian names that matches the Cantonese reading lei and the Hokkien readings li or le. The same spelling is also very common for the surname 李. One spelling can stand for several characters, so the meaning depends on the characters the family chose. Options include 利 (benefit), 麗 (beautiful), 莉 (jasmine) and 理 (reason, truth). The character 利 is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling.
| Romanization | Cantonese, Hokkien |
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Lee in the JPN ‘Cina’ tables
- Peak era
- 1970s
- Share (girl)
- 22%
- JPN entries
- 2
- Girl 1970s · 22%
Entries containing this syllable: Lee Lee 1960s ♀ 1,073 · Lee Lee 1970s ♀ 1,306 · Siew Lee 1970s ♀ 882
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 Lee
Sources
- Wiktionary: 利 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 麗 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 莉 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 理 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 李 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 利 · mdbg.net · meaning
- MDBG: 麗 · mdbg.net · meaning
- MDBG: 莉 · mdbg.net · meaning
- MDBG: 理 · mdbg.net · meaning
- MDBG: 李 · mdbg.net · meaning
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