Chinese name syllable
Syllable Teik
- 德virtue; moral excellence
- 澤beneficence; lustre
- 迪to guide; to enlighten
- Letters
- 4
- Syllables
- 1●
- First letter
- T
- Romanization
- Hokkien
- Character options
- 4
- Category
- Chinese syllable
- Chinese characters德澤迪竹
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Teik in their name
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Teik is a Chinese name syllable from the Hokkien reading tek; its meaning depends on the character, commonly 德 'virtue'.
Possible characters for Teik
This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.
- 德
virtue; moral excellence
Hokkien tek / Mandarin dé
attested
- 澤
beneficence; lustre
Hokkien te̍k / Mandarin zé
- 迪
to guide; to enlighten
Hokkien te̍k / Mandarin dí
- 竹
bamboo
Hokkien tek / Mandarin zhú
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 Teik
Teik is the Malaysian spelling of the Hokkien reading tek. The character recorded for Malaysians with this spelling is 德 (virtue; moral excellence). Other characters read tek in Hokkien include 澤 (beneficence; lustre), 迪 (to guide) and 竹 (bamboo). The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
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Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Chinese names with the syllable Teik
Sources
- Wiktionary: 德 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 德 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 澤 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 澤 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 迪 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 迪 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 竹 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 竹 · mdbg.net · meaning
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