Chinese Names · Boy
Teong Kim name meaning
- 长金chief, elder; gold
- 忠金loyal; gold
- Letters
- 8
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- T
- Romanization
- Hokkien
- Character options
- 2
- Category
- Chinese Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Chinese characters长金忠金
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Teong Kim
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Teong Kim is a Hokkien-spelled Chinese boy's name whose meaning depends on the characters, such as 长金 (chief; gold) or 忠金 (loyal; gold).
Chinese characters for Teong Kim
This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.
- 长金
chief, elder; gold
Hokkien tióng kim / Mandarin zhǎng jīn
attested
- 忠金
loyal; gold
Hokkien tiong kim / Mandarin zhōng jīn
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 Teong Kim
Teong Kim is a boy's name spelled after Hokkien pronunciation. Teong renders the Hokkien reading tióng of 长 (chief, elder) or tiong of 忠 (loyal), and Kim is the Hokkien reading of 金 (gold). The characters 长金 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Romanization | Hokkien |
| Parts | Teong + Kim |
| First letter | Chinese Names starting with T |
Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Sources
- Wiktionary: 長 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 长 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 金 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 金 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 忠 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 忠 · mdbg.net · meaning
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