Chinese Names · Boy
Yeow Seng name meaning
- 耀升to shine, glory; to rise, to ascend
- 耀成to shine, glory; to succeed, to become
- 耀星to shine, glory; star
- Letters
- 8
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- Y
- Romanization
- Hokkien
- Character options
- 3
- Category
- Chinese Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Chinese characters耀升耀成耀星
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Yeow Seng
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Yeow Seng is a Chinese boy's name in Hokkien spelling; one character option is 耀升, meaning glory; to rise.
Chinese characters for Yeow Seng
This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.
- 耀升
to shine, glory; to rise, to ascend
Hokkien iāu seng / Mandarin yào shēng
attested
- 耀成
to shine, glory; to succeed, to become
Hokkien iāu sêng / Mandarin yào chéng
- 耀星
to shine, glory; star
Hokkien iāu seng / Mandarin yào xīng
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 Yeow Seng
Yeow Seng is a Hokkien romanization of a Chinese name. Yeow matches the Hokkien reading iāu of 耀 (to shine, glory), and Seng matches seng or sêng, as in 升 (to rise), 成 (to succeed) or 星 (star). The characters 耀升 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters a family chose, since one spelling can stand for many characters.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Romanization | Hokkien |
| Parts | Yeow + Seng |
| First letter | Chinese Names starting with Y |
Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Sources
- Wiktionary: 耀 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 耀 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 升 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 升 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 成 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 成 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 星 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 星 · mdbg.net · meaning
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