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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Sor

  • 傻foolish, silly
  • 蘇perilla; to revive
  • 素white; plain; original
Letters
3
Syllables
1
First letter
S
Romanization
Hokkien, Cantonese
Character options
3
  • Chinese characters傻蘇素

Sor is a syllable in Chinese names that can stand for characters such as 傻、蘇、素; the meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Possible characters for Sor

This spelling is common in Hokkien and Cantonese romanization.

  • 傻

    foolish, silly

    Cantonese so4 / Mandarin shǎ

    attested

  • 蘇

    perilla; to revive

    Hokkien so͘ / Mandarin sū

  • 素

    white; plain; original

    Hokkien sò͘ / Mandarin sù

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 Sor

Sor can write the Hokkien sound so͘ (the r marks the open o, as in Khor and Lor), for example 蘇 and 素, or the Cantonese sound so4. The character 傻 (Cantonese so4) is recorded in public data for this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

RomanizationHokkien, Cantonese

Character pages

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

Chinese names with the syllable Sor

Sources

  1. MDBG: 傻 · mdbg.net · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 傻 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 蘇 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 素 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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