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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Loo

  • 如like, as; to comply with
  • 路road; path
  • 露dew
Letters
3
Syllables
1
First letter
L
Romanization
Hokkien, Teochew
Character options
5
Category
Chinese syllable
  • Chinese characters如路露魯盧
2

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

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Loo is a Hokkien or Teochew spelling that can stand for characters such as 如 'like', 路 'road' or 露 'dew'.

Possible characters for Loo

This spelling is common in Hokkien and Teochew romanization.

  • 如

    like, as; to comply with

    Hokkien lû / Mandarin rú

    attested

  • 路

    road; path

    Hokkien lō͘ / Teochew lou7 / Mandarin lù

  • 露

    dew

    Hokkien lō͘ / Teochew lou7 / Mandarin lù

  • 魯

    excellent, bountiful; the state of Lu; a surname

    Hokkien ló͘ / Teochew lu2 / Mandarin lǔ

  • 盧

    the surname Lu

    Hokkien lô͘ / Teochew lu5 / Mandarin lú

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 Loo

Loo is a Hokkien or Teochew spelling of sounds such as lû, lō͘ and ló͘. In Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien 如 is read lû, and this character is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The same spelling also stands for 路 'road', 露 'dew' and surnames such as 盧 and 魯. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

RomanizationHokkien, Teochew

Character pages

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

Chinese names with the syllable Loo

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 如 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 路 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 露 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 魯 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 盧 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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