Chinese name syllable
Syllable Siew
- 秀beautiful, elegant; outstanding
- 修to repair; to build; to cultivate
- 袖sleeve
- Letters
- 4
- Syllables
- 1●
- First letter
- S
- Romanization
- Hokkien, Teochew
- Character options
- 4
- Category
- Chinese syllable
- Chinese characters秀修袖兆
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Siew in their name
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Siew is a syllable in Chinese names whose meaning depends on the characters, such as 秀 (elegant) and 修 (to cultivate).
Possible characters for Siew
This spelling is common in Hokkien, Teochew and Cantonese romanization.
- 秀
beautiful, elegant; outstanding
Hokkien siù / Teochew siu3
attested
- 修
to repair; to build; to cultivate
Hokkien siu / Teochew siu1
attested
- 袖
sleeve
Hokkien siù / Teochew siu3
attested
- 兆
omen; million
Cantonese siu6
attested
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
Siew is a syllable used in Malaysian Chinese names. The spelling is common for the Hokkien and Teochew reading siu of 秀, 修 and 袖, and also for Cantonese siu, as in 兆 (siu6). These characters are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling, and their meanings differ. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
| Romanization | Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese |
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Siew in the JPN ‘Cina’ tables
- Peak era
- 1960s
- Share (girl)
- 71%
- JPN entries
- 10
- Girl 1960s · 71%
Entries containing this syllable: Siew Lan 1950s ♀ 1,087 · Siew Eng 1950s ♀ 963 · Siew Lan 1960s ♀ 1,246 · Siew Chin 1960s ♀ 1,127 · Siew Hong 1960s ♀ 1,009 · Siew Choo 1960s ♀ 920 · Siew Eng 1960s ♀ 842 · Siew Fong 1960s ♀ 795 · Siew Lian 1960s ♀ 758 · Siew Ling 1970s ♀ 1,300 · Siew Lee 1970s ♀ 882 · Siew Peng 1970s ♀ 845 · Siew Chin 1970s ♀ 831 · Siew Fong 1970s ♀ 804 · Siew Ling 1980s ♀ 1,138
Share of each decade’s top-10 total for that sex; names outside the tables have no figure. Chinese naming eras · Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Chinese names with the syllable Siew
- Siew Ling♀秀玲 · 小玲 · 秀靈
- Siew Lan♀秀蘭 · 小蘭
- Siew Chin♀秀珍 · 秀真
- Siew Eng♀秀英 · 秀瑩 · 秀鶯
- Siew Fong♀秀芳 · 小芳
- Siew Hong♀秀鳳 · 秀芳 · 秀虹
- Siew Choo♀秀珠 · 秀慈
- Siew Lee♀秀麗 · 秀莉 · 小莉
- Siew Peng♀秀萍 · 秀平 · 秀冰
- Siew Lian♀秀蓮 · 秀漣
- Boon Siew♂文秀 · 文修 · 文壽
- Siew Keong♂袖強 · 秀強 · 兆強
- Siew Khim♀秀琴 · 秀欽
- Siew Ki♀小琪 · 小琦 · 秀綺
- Siew Sin♂修信 · 秀信
- Siew Weng♂兆榮 · 紹榮 · 兆永
- Siew Kim♂守金 · 秀金 · 壽金
Sources
- Wiktionary: 秀 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 修 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 袖 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 兆 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 秀 · mdbg.net · meaning
- MDBG: 修 · mdbg.net · meaning
- MDBG: 袖 · mdbg.net · meaning
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