Chinese name syllable
Syllable Thong
- 堂hall; main room
- 通to pass through; to understand; to connect
- 棟ridgepole; pillar (figurative)
- Letters
- 5
- Syllables
- 1●
- First letter
- T
- Romanization
- Hakka, Hokkien
- Character options
- 3
- Category
- Chinese syllable
- Chinese characters堂通棟
Thong is a Chinese name syllable from Hakka, Hokkien or Teochew; its meaning depends on the character, such as 堂 (hall) or 通 (to understand).
Possible characters for Thong
This spelling is common in Hakka, Hokkien and Teochew romanization.
- 堂
hall; main room
Hakka thòng / Hokkien tông / Mandarin táng
attested
- 通
to pass through; to understand; to connect
Hokkien thong / Teochew tong1 / Mandarin tōng
attested
- 棟
ridgepole; pillar (figurative)
Hokkien tòng / Mandarin dòng
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 Thong
Thong is a syllable in Chinese names that can come from Hakka, Hokkien or Teochew. Characters spelled this way include 堂 (hall), read thòng in Hakka and tông in Hokkien, 通 (to pass through; to understand), read thong in Hokkien, and 棟 (ridgepole). The characters 堂 and 通 are recorded in public data for names with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
| Romanization | Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew |
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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 Thong
Sources
- Wiktionary: 堂 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 通 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 棟 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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