Chinese name syllable
Syllable Ngah
- 雅elegant; refined; proper
- Letters
- 4
- Syllables
- 1●
- First letter
- N
- Romanization
- Cantonese, Hakka
- Character options
- 1
- Category
- Chinese syllable
- Chinese characters雅
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Ngah in their name
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Ngah spells the sound nga and can stand for the character 雅 'elegant' in Cantonese, Hakka or Hokkien.
Possible characters for Ngah
This spelling is common in Cantonese, Hakka and Hokkien romanization.
- 雅
elegant; refined; proper
Cantonese ngaa5 / Hakka ngá / Hokkien ngá / Mandarin yǎ
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 Ngah
Ngah spells the sound nga, with a final h as is common in Malaysian name spellings. A matching character is 雅 'elegant', read ngaa5 in Cantonese and ngá in Hakka and Hokkien. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
| Romanization | Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien |
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Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Chinese names with the syllable Ngah
Sources
- Wiktionary: 雅 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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