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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Moi

  • 妹younger sister; girl
  • 梅Chinese plum (tree or blossom)
  • 玫a type of gemstone; in 玫瑰, rose
Letters
3
Syllables
1
First letter
M
Romanization
Hakka
Character options
3
Category
Chinese syllable
  • Chinese characters妹梅玫
1

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

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Moi is a Hakka spelling matched with the characters 妹 'younger sister', 梅 'plum blossom' and 玫 'gemstone'.

Possible characters for Moi

This spelling is common in Hakka romanization.

  • 妹

    younger sister; girl

    Hakka moi / Mandarin mèi

    attested

  • 梅

    Chinese plum (tree or blossom)

    Hakka mòi / Mandarin méi

  • 玫

    a type of gemstone; in 玫瑰, rose

    Hakka mòi / Mandarin méi

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 Moi

Moi is the Hakka spelling of the readings moi and mòi. The character 妹 'younger sister' is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling, and the same spelling also fits 梅 'plum blossom' and 玫 'gemstone'. In Cantonese these characters are read mui, so the spelling Moi comes from Hakka. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

RomanizationHakka

Moi in the JPN ‘Cina’ tables

Peak era
1950s
Share (girl)
18%
JPN entries
1
  • Girl 1950s · 18%

Entries containing this syllable: Ah Moi 1940s ♀ 1,567 · Ah Moi 1950s ♀ 2,253

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 Moi

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 妹 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 梅 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 玫 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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