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Yin Fun name meaning

  • 燕芬swallow; fragrant
  • 賢芬virtuous, wise; fragrant
  • 英芬flower, outstanding; fragrant
Letters
6
Syllables
2
First letter
Y
Romanization
Cantonese, Hakka
Character options
3
Gender
♀ Girl
  • Chinese characters燕芬賢芬英芬
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records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Yin Fun

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Chinese Names: Y

Yin Fun is a Chinese girl's name from Cantonese or Hakka; one option is 燕芬, meaning 'swallow; fragrant'.

Chinese characters for Yin Fun

This spelling is common in Cantonese and Hakka romanization.

  • 燕芬

    swallow; fragrant

    Cantonese jin3 fan1 / Mandarin yàn fēn

  • 賢芬

    virtuous, wise; fragrant

    Cantonese jin4 fan1 / Mandarin xián fēn

  • 英芬

    flower, outstanding; fragrant

    Hakka yîn fûn / Mandarin yīng fēn

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 Yin Fun

Yin Fun is a romanized spelling of a girl's name from Cantonese or Hakka pronunciation. In Cantonese, Yin can stand for 燕 (jin3) or 賢 (jin4) and Fun for 芬 (fan1); in Hakka, 英芬 is read yîn fûn. Character options: 燕芬 (swallow; fragrant); 賢芬 (virtuous, wise; fragrant); 英芬 (flower, outstanding; fragrant). The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♀ Girl
RomanizationCantonese, Hakka
PartsYin + Fun
First letterChinese Names starting with Y

Character pages

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

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 燕 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 燕 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 芬 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 芬 · mdbg.net · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 賢 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  6. MDBG: 賢 · mdbg.net · meaning
  7. Wiktionary: 英 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  8. MDBG: 英 · mdbg.net · meaning

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