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Siew Khim name meaning

  • 秀琴elegant, refined; qin (Chinese zither)
  • 秀欽elegant, refined; respect, admire
Letters
8
Syllables
2
First letter
S
Romanization
Hokkien
Character options
2
Gender
♀ Girl
  • Chinese characters秀琴秀欽
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Siew Khim

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Chinese Names: S

Siew Khim is a Chinese girl's name from Hokkien; its meaning depends on the characters, for example 秀琴 (elegant; Chinese zither).

Chinese characters for Siew Khim

This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.

  • 秀琴

    elegant, refined; qin (Chinese zither)

    Hokkien siù khîm

    attested

  • 秀欽

    elegant, refined; respect, admire

    Hokkien siù khim

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 Siew Khim

Siew Khim is a Chinese girl's name spelled from Hokkien pronunciation. Siew spells siù, 秀 (elegant), and Khim spells khîm or khim, as in 琴 (qin, a Chinese zither) or 欽 (respect). The characters 秀琴 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♀ Girl
RomanizationHokkien
PartsSiew + Khim
First letterChinese Names starting with S

Character pages

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

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 秀 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 琴 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 欽 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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