Chinese name syllable
Syllable Yip
- 业profession; business; achievement
- 葉leaf; era
- Letters
- 3
- Syllables
- 1●
- First letter
- Y
- Romanization
- Cantonese
- Character options
- 2
- Category
- Chinese syllable
- Chinese characters业葉
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Yip in their name
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Yip is a Chinese name syllable from Cantonese; its character may be 业 (profession) or 葉 (leaf).
Possible characters for Yip
This spelling is common in Cantonese romanization.
- 业
profession; business; achievement
Cantonese jip6 / Mandarin yè
attested
- 葉
leaf; era
Cantonese jip6 / 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 Yip
Yip is a Cantonese romanization of the sound jip. The character 业 (simplified form of 業, jip6), profession or business, is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. Yip is also common as a surname from 葉 (leaf), so as a given name the meaning depends on the character the family chose.
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Chinese names with the syllable Yip
Sources
- MDBG: 业 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 業 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 葉 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 葉 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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