Chinese name syllable
Syllable Yee
- 怡cheerful; happy
- 儀ceremony; rite; appearance
- 貽to give as a present; to bequeath
- Letters
- 3
- Syllables
- 1●
- First letter
- Y
- Romanization
- Cantonese
- Character options
- 6
- Category
- Chinese syllable
- Chinese characters怡儀貽漪宜綺
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Yee in their name
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Yee is a Chinese name syllable from Cantonese romanization; its meaning depends on the character the family chose, such as 怡, 儀 or 宜.
Possible characters for Yee
This spelling is common in Cantonese romanization.
- 怡
cheerful; happy
Cantonese ji4 / Mandarin yí
attested
- 儀
ceremony; rite; appearance
Cantonese ji4 / Mandarin yí
attested
- 貽
to give as a present; to bequeath
Cantonese ji4 / Mandarin yí
attested
- 漪
ripples
Cantonese ji1 / Mandarin yī
attested
- 宜
appropriate; suitable
Cantonese ji4 / Mandarin yí
- 綺
woven silk; beautiful
Cantonese ji2 / Mandarin qǐ
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 Yee
Yee is the Malaysian spelling of the Cantonese syllable ji. Characters recorded for Malaysians with this spelling include 怡 (happy), 儀 (ceremony), 貽 (to bequeath) and 漪 (ripples); 宜 (suitable) and 綺 (beautiful) are also read ji. The meaning depends on the character the family chose.
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Yee in the JPN ‘Cina’ tables
- Peak era
- 1980s
- Share (girl)
- 32%
- JPN entries
- 4
- Girl 1980s · 32%
Entries containing this syllable: Yee Ling 1980s ♀ 691 · Sin Yee 1980s ♀ 603 · Mei Yee 1980s ♀ 590 · Wai Yee 1980s ♀ 559 · Sin Yee 1990s ♀ 1,108
Share of each decade’s top-10 total for that sex; names outside the tables have no figure. Chinese naming eras · Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Chinese names with the syllable Yee
Sources
- Wiktionary: 怡 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 怡 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 儀 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 儀 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 貽 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 貽 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 漪 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 漪 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 宜 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 宜 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 綺 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 綺 · mdbg.net · meaning
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