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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Seong

  • 翔fly; soar
  • 祥good luck; auspicious
  • 尚to value, to esteem; noble
Letters
5
Syllables
1
First letter
S
Romanization
Cantonese, Hakka
Character options
4
Category
Chinese syllable
  • Chinese characters翔祥尚常
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records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Seong in their name

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Seong is a Cantonese or Hakka spelling, for example 翔 ('soar'), 祥 ('auspicious') or 尚 ('noble'); the meaning depends on the character chosen.

Possible characters for Seong

This spelling is common in Cantonese and Hakka romanization.

  • 翔

    fly; soar

    Hakka siòng / Mandarin xiáng

    attested

  • 祥

    good luck; auspicious

    Hakka siòng / Mandarin xiáng

  • 尚

    to value, to esteem; noble

    Cantonese soeng6 / Mandarin shàng

  • 常

    constant; continuous

    Cantonese soeng4 / Mandarin cháng

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 Seong

Seong is a Cantonese spelling of the syllable soeng and also a Hakka spelling of siòng. The character 翔 ('fly; soar'), read siòng in Hakka, is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling; other options are Hakka 祥 ('auspicious') and Cantonese 尚 ('to value; noble') and 常 ('constant'). The real meaning depends on the character the family chose.

RomanizationCantonese, Hakka
SyllablesSeong

Character pages

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

Chinese names with the syllable Seong

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 翔 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 祥 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 尚 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 常 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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