Chinese name syllable
Syllable Phay
- 培to cultivate; to foster
- Letters
- 4
- Syllables
- 1●
- First letter
- P
- Romanization
- Hokkien
- Character options
- 1
- Category
- Chinese syllable
- Chinese characters培
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Phay in their name
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Phay is a Chinese name syllable from Hokkien; one character is 培, meaning 'to cultivate; to foster', but the meaning depends on the character chosen.
Possible characters for Phay
This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.
- 培
to cultivate; to foster
Hokkien pê / Mandarin péi
attested
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 Phay
Phay is a syllable in Chinese Malaysian names, spelled after the Hokkien pronunciation. The spelling Phay matches the Hokkien reading pê of 培; Malaysian spellings do not distinguish p from ph. The matching character is 培, meaning 'to cultivate; to foster'. The character 培 is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
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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 Phay
Sources
- Wiktionary: 培 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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