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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Vee

  • 維to maintain; to preserve
  • 偉great; magnificent; robust
  • 威power; dignity
Letters
3
Syllables
1
First letter
V
Romanization
Hakka
Character options
3
Category
Chinese syllable
  • Chinese characters維偉威

Vee is a Chinese name syllable from the Hakka reading vi; its meaning depends on the character, such as 維 (to maintain) or 偉 (great).

Possible characters for Vee

This spelling is common in Hakka romanization.

  • 維

    to maintain; to preserve

    Hakka vì / Mandarin wéi

    attested

  • 偉

    great; magnificent; robust

    Hakka vî / Mandarin wěi

  • 威

    power; dignity

    Hakka vî / Mandarin wēi

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 Vee

Vee is a syllable in Chinese names from the Hakka reading vi; the v sound is typical of Hakka, while Cantonese reads the same characters with a w sound, as wai. Characters spelled this way include 維 (to maintain), 偉 (great) and 威 (power; dignity). The character 維 is recorded in public data for names with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

RomanizationHakka

Character pages

Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.

Chinese names with the syllable Vee

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 維 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 偉 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 威 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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