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Tung Siong name meaning

敦祥earnest, honest; good omen
東祥east; good omen

Letters: 9
Syllables: 2
First letter: T
Romanization: Teochew, Hokkien
Character options: 2
Category: Chinese Names
Gender: ♂ Boy

Chinese characters敦祥東祥

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Tung Siong

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Tung Siong is a Chinese boy's name; the characters 敦祥 mean 'earnest, honest; good omen', and 東祥 means 'east; good omen'.

Chinese characters for Tung Siong

This spelling is common in Teochew, Hokkien and Hakka romanization.

敦祥

earnest, honest; good omen

Teochew dung1 (敦), Hokkien siông (祥) / Mandarin dūn xiáng

attested
東祥

east; good omen

Hakka tûng siòng / Mandarin dōng xiáng

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 Tung Siong

Tung Siong is a Chinese boy's name spelled from southern Chinese dialects. Tung can stand for 敦 (Teochew dung1, 'earnest; honest') or 東 (Hakka tûng, 'east'), and Siong is usually 祥 (Hokkien siông, Hakka siòng, 'good omen'). The characters 敦祥 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender	♂ Boy
Romanization	Teochew, Hokkien, Hakka
Parts	Tung + Siong
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: 敦 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: 祥 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: 東 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
MDBG: 敦 · mdbg.net · meaning
MDBG: 祥 · mdbg.net · meaning

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