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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Ye

  • 燁bright; glorious
  • 曄shining; flourishing
  • 葉leaf; also a surname
Letters
2
Syllables
1
First letter
Y
Romanization
Mandarin (pinyin)
Character options
4
  • Chinese characters燁曄葉業
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Ye in their name

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Ye is a Chinese name syllable in Hanyu Pinyin for the Mandarin reading yè, which can be written with characters such as 燁 (glorious), 曄 (shining) or 葉 (leaf).

Possible characters for Ye

This spelling is common in Mandarin (pinyin) romanization.

  • 燁

    bright; glorious

    Mandarin yè

  • 曄

    shining; flourishing

    Mandarin yè

  • 葉

    leaf; also a surname

    Mandarin yè

  • 業

    profession; achievement

    Mandarin yè

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 Ye

Ye is the Hanyu Pinyin spelling of the Mandarin reading yè. Options include 燁 (bright; glorious), 曄 (shining; flourishing), 葉 (leaf; also a surname) and 業 (profession; achievement). The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

RomanizationMandarin (pinyin)

Character pages

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

Chinese names with the syllable Ye

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 燁 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 曄 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 葉 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 業 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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