Chinese Names · Girl
Mei Yi name meaning
- 美兒beautiful; child
- 美怡beautiful; cheerful
- 美儀beautiful; appearance, ceremony
- Letters
- 5
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- M
- Romanization
- Mandarin (pinyin), Cantonese
- Character options
- 4
- Category
- Chinese Names
- Gender
- ♀ Girl
- Chinese characters美兒美怡美儀美宜
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Mei Yi
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Mei Yi is a Chinese girl's name whose meaning depends on the characters, for example 美怡 (beautiful; cheerful) or 美兒 (beautiful; child).
Chinese characters for Mei Yi
This spelling is common in Mandarin (pinyin) and Cantonese romanization.
- 美兒
beautiful; child
Cantonese mei5 ji4
attested
- 美怡
beautiful; cheerful
Mandarin měi yí / Cantonese mei5 ji4
- 美儀
beautiful; appearance, ceremony
Mandarin měi yí / Cantonese mei5 ji4
- 美宜
beautiful; suitable, proper
Mandarin měi yí / Cantonese mei5 ji4
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 Mei Yi
Mei Yi is a two-syllable Chinese given name whose spelling matches Mandarin (měi yí) and Cantonese (mei5 ji4) pronunciation. Mei usually stands for 美 (beautiful), while Yi can stand for 怡 (cheerful), 儀 (appearance) or 宜 (suitable); in Cantonese, 兒 (child) is also read ji4. The characters 美兒 are recorded for this spelling in Malaysia. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
| Gender | ♀ Girl |
|---|---|
| Romanization | Mandarin (pinyin), Cantonese |
| Parts | Mei + Yi |
| First letter | Chinese Names starting with M |
Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Sources
- Wiktionary: 美 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 兒 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 怡 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 儀 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 宜 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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