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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Mee

  • 美beautiful; good
  • 媚charming; attractive
  • 薇a kind of fern (royal fern); also in 薔薇 (multiflora rose)
Letters
3
Syllables
1
First letter
M
Romanization
Cantonese, Hakka
Character options
3
  • Chinese characters美媚薇
1

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

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Mee is a Chinese name syllable from Cantonese mei or Hakka mî, as in 美 (beautiful) or 媚 (charming); the meaning depends on the characters chosen.

Possible characters for Mee

This spelling is common in Cantonese and Hakka romanization.

  • 美

    beautiful; good

    Cantonese mei5 / Hakka mî / Mandarin měi

    attested

  • 媚

    charming; attractive

    Cantonese mei6 / Hakka mì / Mandarin mèi

  • 薇

    a kind of fern (royal fern); also in 薔薇 (multiflora rose)

    Cantonese mei4 / Mandarin wēi

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 Mee

Mee spells the Cantonese sound mei (older spellings often write ei as ee) or the Hakka mî. The character 美 (beautiful) is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling; 媚 (charming) and 薇 (a fern) are other options. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

RomanizationCantonese, Hakka

Character pages

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

Chinese names with the syllable Mee

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 美 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 媚 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 薇 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 薇 · mdbg.net · meaning

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