Chinese Names · Boy
Tong Hye name meaning
- 东海east; sea
- Letters
- 7
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- T
- Romanization
- Hokkien, Teochew
- Character options
- 1
- Category
- Chinese Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Chinese characters东海
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Tong Hye
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Tong Hye is a Chinese boy's name from Hokkien and Teochew sounds; the characters 东海 mean 'east; sea'.
Chinese characters for Tong Hye
This spelling is common in Hokkien and Teochew romanization.
- 东海
east; sea
Hokkien tong hái / Teochew dong1 hai2 / Mandarin dōng hǎi
attested
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 Tong Hye
Tong Hye is a Chinese boy's name spelled from Hokkien and Teochew sounds. Tong usually stands for 東/东 (Hokkien tong, 'east'), while Hye writes the sound 'hai' of 海 (Hokkien hái, Teochew hai2, 'sea'). The characters 东海 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Romanization | Hokkien, Teochew |
| Parts | Tong + Hye |
| 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: 東 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 海 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 东 · mdbg.net · meaning
- MDBG: 海 · mdbg.net · meaning
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