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Wai Keung name meaning

  • 維強maintain, preserve; strong
  • 偉強great, extraordinary; strong
  • 衛強guard, protect; strong
Letters
8
Syllables
2
First letter
W
Romanization
Cantonese
Character options
3
Gender
♂ Boy
  • Chinese characters維強偉強衛強

Chinese Names: W

Wai Keung is a Chinese boy's name in Cantonese spelling whose meaning depends on the characters chosen, for example 維強 'preserve; strong'.

Chinese characters for Wai Keung

This spelling is common in Cantonese romanization.

  • 維強

    maintain, preserve; strong

    Cantonese wai4 koeng4 / Mandarin wéi qiáng

    attested

  • 偉強

    great, extraordinary; strong

    Cantonese wai5 koeng4 / Mandarin wěi qiáng

  • 衛強

    guard, protect; strong

    Cantonese wai6 koeng4 / Mandarin wèi qiáng

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 Keung

Wai Keung is a Cantonese romanization of a Chinese name. Keung is usually 強 (koeng4, strong), while Wai can be 維 (wai4, preserve), 偉 (wai5, great) or 衛 (wai6, protect). The characters 維強 are recorded for this spelling in the region. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♂ Boy
RomanizationCantonese
PartsWai + Keung
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: 維 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 強 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 偉 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 衛 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  5. MDBG: 維 · mdbg.net · meaning
  6. MDBG: 強 · mdbg.net · meaning
  7. MDBG: 偉 · mdbg.net · meaning
  8. MDBG: 衛 · mdbg.net · meaning

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