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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Mong

  • 茂lush; luxuriant; excellent
  • 望to hope; to look at; reputation
  • 夢dream; aspiration
Letters
4
Syllables
1
First letter
M
Romanization
Teochew, Cantonese
Character options
3
Category
Chinese syllable
  • Chinese characters茂望夢
1

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

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Mong is a Chinese name syllable from Teochew, Cantonese or Hakka, as in 茂 (lush), 望 (hope) or 夢 (dream); the meaning depends on the characters chosen.

Possible characters for Mong

This spelling is common in Teochew, Cantonese and Hakka romanization.

  • 茂

    lush; luxuriant; excellent

    Teochew mong6 / Mandarin mào

    attested

  • 望

    to hope; to look at; reputation

    Cantonese mong6 / Hakka mong / Mandarin wàng

  • 夢

    dream; aspiration

    Cantonese mung6 / 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 Mong

Mong spells the sound mong in Teochew, Cantonese or Hakka; Cantonese mung, as in 夢, is also often spelled mong. The character 茂 (lush, excellent), read mong6 in Teochew, is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling; 望 (hope) and 夢 (dream) are Cantonese options. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

RomanizationTeochew, Cantonese, Hakka

Character pages

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

Chinese names with the syllable Mong

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 茂 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 望 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 夢 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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