Chinese name syllable
Syllable Lian
- 莲lotus
- 年year
- 廉honest, incorruptible; inexpensive
- Letters
- 4
- Syllables
- 1●
- First letter
- L
- Romanization
- Mandarin (pinyin), Hokkien
- Character options
- 3
- Category
- Chinese syllable
- Chinese characters莲年廉
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Lian in their name
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Lian is a syllable in Chinese names whose meaning depends on the characters, such as 莲 (lotus), 年 (year) and 廉 (honest).
Possible characters for Lian
This spelling is common in Mandarin (pinyin) and Hokkien romanization.
- 莲
lotus
Mandarin lián / Hokkien liân
attested
- 年
year
Hokkien liân
attested
- 廉
honest, incorruptible; inexpensive
Mandarin lián
attested
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 Lian
Lian is a syllable used in Malaysian Chinese names. The spelling is Mandarin pinyin lián for 莲 and 廉, and it also matches the Hokkien reading liân of 莲 and 年. These characters are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling, and their meanings differ. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
| Romanization | Mandarin (pinyin), Hokkien |
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Lian in the JPN ‘Cina’ tables
- Peak era
- 1960s
- Share (girl)
- 8%
- JPN entries
- 1
- Girl 1960s · 8%
Entries containing this syllable: Siew Lian 1960s ♀ 758
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 Lian
Sources
- Wiktionary: 蓮 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 年 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 廉 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 莲 · mdbg.net · meaning
- MDBG: 年 · mdbg.net · meaning
- MDBG: 廉 · mdbg.net · meaning
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