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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Sii

  • 锡tin; to bestow
  • 詩poem; poetry
  • 時time; season; era
Letters
3
Syllables
1
First letter
S
Romanization
Foochow
Character options
3
  • Chinese characters锡詩時
1

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

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Sii is a Chinese name syllable, for example 锡 'to bestow' (Mandarin xī) or 詩 'poetry' and 時 'time' (Foochow si).

Possible characters for Sii

This spelling is common in Foochow romanization.

  • 锡

    tin; to bestow

    Mandarin xī

    attested

  • 詩

    poem; poetry

    Foochow sĭ

  • 時

    time; season; era

    Foochow sì

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 Sii

Sii is a Chinese name syllable that matches the Foochow reading si, as in 詩 (poem; poetry) and 時 (time; season; era). The spelling is also on record for Malaysians with the character 锡 (tin; to bestow), read xī in Mandarin. The actual meaning depends on the character the family chose.

RomanizationFoochow

Character pages

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

Chinese names with the syllable Sii

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 錫 (锡) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 詩 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 時 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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