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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Shiaw

  • 孝filial piety
  • 笑to laugh; to smile
Letters
5
Syllables
1
First letter
S
Character options
2
  • Chinese characters孝笑
1

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

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Shiaw is a Gwoyeu Romatzyh-style Mandarin spelling of xiào, for example 孝 ('filial piety') or 笑 ('smile'); the meaning depends on the character chosen.

Possible characters for Shiaw

  • 孝

    filial piety

    Mandarin xiào (Gwoyeu Romatzyh shiaw)

    attested

  • 笑

    to laugh; to smile

    Mandarin xiào (Gwoyeu Romatzyh shiaw)

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 Shiaw

Shiaw is a Mandarin spelling in the Gwoyeu Romatzyh system, which marks tones through spelling; shiaw is xiào in Hanyu Pinyin. The character 孝 ('filial piety') is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling; another option is 笑 ('to laugh; to smile'). The real meaning depends on the character the family chose.

SyllablesShiaw

Character pages

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

Chinese names with the syllable Shiaw

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 孝 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 笑 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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