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Pui Yi name meaning

  • 佩儿pendant, to admire; child
  • 佩怡pendant, to admire; cheerful, happy
  • 佩仪pendant, to admire; appearance, ceremony
Letters
5
Syllables
2
First letter
P
Romanization
Cantonese
Character options
3
Gender
♀ Girl
  • Chinese characters佩儿佩怡佩仪
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Pui Yi

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Chinese Names: P

Pui Yi is a Chinese girl's name in Cantonese spelling; its meaning depends on the characters, e.g. 佩怡 'admire' and 'cheerful'.

Chinese characters for Pui Yi

This spelling is common in Cantonese romanization.

  • 佩儿

    pendant, to admire; child

    Cantonese pui3 ji4 / Mandarin pèi ér

    attested

  • 佩怡

    pendant, to admire; cheerful, happy

    Cantonese pui3 ji4 / Mandarin pèi yí

  • 佩仪

    pendant, to admire; appearance, ceremony

    Cantonese pui3 ji4 / Mandarin pèi yí

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 Pui Yi

Pui Yi is a Chinese girl's name in Cantonese romanization. Pui represents the Cantonese reading pui3 of 佩 (a pendant worn at the waist; to admire), and Yi the reading ji4, for example 儿/兒 (child), 怡 (cheerful, happy) or 仪/儀 (appearance, ceremony). The characters 佩儿 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♀ Girl
RomanizationCantonese
PartsPui + Yi
First letterChinese Names starting with P

Character pages

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

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 佩 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 儿 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 兒 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 怡 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 仪 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  6. Wiktionary: 儀 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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