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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Meng

  • 明bright; clear
  • 銘inscription; to engrave
  • 萌to sprout; beginning
Letters
4
Syllables
1
First letter
M
Romanization
Teochew, Mandarin (pinyin)
Character options
5
Category
Chinese syllable
  • Chinese characters明銘萌孟夢
5

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

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Meng is a Teochew and Mandarin syllable in Chinese names whose meaning depends on the characters, such as 明 (bright), 銘 (inscription) and 夢 (dream).

Possible characters for Meng

This spelling is common in Teochew and Mandarin (pinyin) romanization.

  • 明

    bright; clear

    Teochew mêng5

    attested

  • 銘

    inscription; to engrave

    Teochew mêng5

  • 萌

    to sprout; beginning

    Teochew mêng5 / Mandarin méng

  • 孟

    eldest brother; first; great

    Teochew mêng6 / Mandarin mèng

  • 夢

    dream; aspiration

    Mandarin mèng

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 Meng

Meng is a syllable used in Malaysian Chinese names. The spelling matches the Teochew reading mêng of 明, 銘, 萌 and 孟, and also the Mandarin pinyin of 萌 (méng), 孟 and 夢 (mèng). The character 明 is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

RomanizationTeochew, Mandarin (pinyin)

Meng in the JPN ‘Cina’ tables

Peak era
1960s
Share (boy)
12%
JPN entries
1
  • Boy 1960s · 12%

Entries containing this syllable: Chee Meng 1960s ♂ 1,027 · Chee Meng 1970s ♂ 1,043

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 Meng

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 明 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 銘 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 萌 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 孟 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 夢 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  6. MDBG: 明 · mdbg.net · meaning

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