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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Leung

  • 良good; virtuous
  • 亮bright; brilliant
  • 梁beam; a surname
Letters
5
Syllables
1
First letter
L
Romanization
Cantonese
Character options
3
  • Chinese characters良亮梁
2

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

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Leung is the Cantonese spelling of loeng, matching characters such as 良 'good', 亮 'bright' and 梁 'beam'.

Possible characters for Leung

This spelling is common in Cantonese romanization.

  • 良

    good; virtuous

    Cantonese loeng4 / Mandarin liáng

    attested

  • 亮

    bright; brilliant

    Cantonese loeng6 / Mandarin liàng

  • 梁

    beam; a surname

    Cantonese loeng4 / Mandarin liáng

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 Leung

Leung is the Cantonese spelling of the readings loeng4 and loeng6. In given names it commonly stands for 良 'good' or 亮 'bright', while 梁 is better known as a surname. The character 良 is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

RomanizationCantonese

Character pages

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

Chinese names with the syllable Leung

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 良 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 亮 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 梁 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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