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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Phaik

  • 碧green jade; blue-green
  • 璧jade annulus (a ring-shaped jade disc)
Letters
5
Syllables
1
First letter
P
Romanization
Hokkien, Teochew
Character options
2
  • Chinese characters碧璧
1

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

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Phaik is a Chinese name syllable from Hokkien and Teochew; one character is 碧, meaning 'green jade; blue-green', but the meaning depends on the character chosen.

Possible characters for Phaik

This spelling is common in Hokkien and Teochew romanization.

  • 碧

    green jade; blue-green

    Hokkien phek / Teochew pêg4 / Mandarin bì

    attested

  • 璧

    jade annulus (a ring-shaped jade disc)

    Hokkien phek / Mandarin bì

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 Phaik

Phaik is a syllable in Chinese Malaysian names, spelled after the Hokkien and Teochew pronunciation. The spelling Phaik follows the Hokkien reading phek, written with -aik in Chinese Malaysian names. Characters commonly used for this sound include 碧 (green jade; blue-green); 璧 (jade annulus (a ring-shaped jade disc)). The character 碧 is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

RomanizationHokkien, Teochew

Character pages

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

Chinese names with the syllable Phaik

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 碧 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 璧 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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