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Wai Chuen name meaning

  • 惠泉favour, benefit; spring water
  • 偉泉great, extraordinary; spring water
  • 偉全great, extraordinary; complete, perfect
Letters
8
Syllables
2
First letter
W
Romanization
Cantonese
Character options
3
Gender
♂ Boy
  • Chinese characters惠泉偉泉偉全

Chinese Names: W

Wai Chuen is a Chinese boy's name in Cantonese spelling whose meaning depends on the characters chosen, for example 惠泉 'favour; spring water'.

Chinese characters for Wai Chuen

This spelling is common in Cantonese romanization.

  • 惠泉

    favour, benefit; spring water

    Cantonese wai6 cyun4 / Mandarin huì quán

    attested

  • 偉泉

    great, extraordinary; spring water

    Cantonese wai5 cyun4 / Mandarin wěi quán

  • 偉全

    great, extraordinary; complete, perfect

    Cantonese wai5 cyun4 / Mandarin wěi quán

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 Wai Chuen

Wai Chuen is a Cantonese romanization of a Chinese name. Wai can be 惠 (wai6, favour) or 偉 (wai5, great), and Chuen can be 泉 (cyun4, spring water) or 全 (cyun4, complete). The characters 惠泉 are recorded for this spelling in the region. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♂ Boy
RomanizationCantonese
PartsWai + Chuen
First letterChinese Names starting with W

Character pages

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

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 惠 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 泉 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 偉 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 全 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  5. MDBG: 惠 · mdbg.net · meaning
  6. MDBG: 泉 · mdbg.net · meaning
  7. MDBG: 偉 · mdbg.net · meaning
  8. MDBG: 全 · mdbg.net · meaning

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