Chinese Names · Boy
Pou Hian name meaning
- 保賢to protect, to keep; virtuous, wise
- 寶賢treasure, precious; virtuous, wise
- 保憲to protect, to keep; law, model
- Letters
- 7
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- P
- Romanization
- Hokkien
- Character options
- 3
- Category
- Chinese Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Chinese characters保賢寶賢保憲
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Pou Hian
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Pou Hian is a Chinese boy's name in Hokkien spelling; written 保賢, it means 'protect' and 'virtuous, wise'.
Chinese characters for Pou Hian
This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.
- 保賢
to protect, to keep; virtuous, wise
Hokkien (Quanzhou) pó͘ hiân / Mandarin bǎo xián
- 寶賢
treasure, precious; virtuous, wise
Hokkien (Quanzhou) pó͘ hiân / Mandarin bǎo xián
- 保憲
to protect, to keep; law, model
Hokkien (Quanzhou) pó͘ hiàn / Mandarin bǎo xiàn
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 Pou Hian
Pou Hian is a Chinese boy's name in Hokkien romanization. Pou matches the Quanzhou Hokkien reading pó͘ of 保 (protect) or 寶 (treasure, precious), and Hian matches hiân for 賢 (virtuous, wise) or hiàn for 憲 (law, model). The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Romanization | Hokkien |
| Parts | Pou + Hian |
| First letter | Chinese Names starting with P |
Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Sources
- Wiktionary: 保 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 寶 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 賢 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 憲 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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