Chinese name syllable
Syllable Yean
- 晏peaceful; sunny and cloudless
- 燕swallow (bird)
- 彥person of virtue and ability
- Letters
- 4
- Syllables
- 1●
- First letter
- Y
- Romanization
- Hakka
- Character options
- 4
- Category
- Chinese syllable
- Chinese characters晏燕彥延
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Yean in their name
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Yean is a Chinese name syllable from the Mandarin reading yan or Hakka yen, which can be written with characters such as 晏 (peaceful), 燕 (swallow) or 彥.
Possible characters for Yean
This spelling is common in Hakka romanization.
- 晏
peaceful; sunny and cloudless
Mandarin yàn / Hakka yen
attested
- 燕
swallow (bird)
Mandarin yàn / Hakka yen
- 彥
person of virtue and ability
Mandarin yàn
- 延
to prolong; to extend
Mandarin yán / Hakka yèn
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 Yean
Yean is an informal spelling of the Mandarin reading yàn (Wade–Giles yen) or Hakka yen. Options include 晏 (peaceful; sunny and cloudless), 燕 (swallow), 彥 (person of virtue and ability) and 延 (to prolong). The character 晏 is recorded for Malaysians who use this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
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Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Chinese names with the syllable Yean
Sources
- Wiktionary: 晏 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 燕 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 彥 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 延 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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