| Chinese Names A-M! |
A Ai An (peaceful, quiet, still, to pacify, rest, calm, tranquil) Ang (Europe - positive (electric.), sun, bright, clear, masculine, pertaining to the world) Au-Yong, Ow-Yang B ba Bai (gratuitous, white/pure, snowy) Bai cedar/cypress) Ban (class/rank) Bao (abalone) Bei Bi ancient place name Bian (hurried) bing to grasp/hold ancient city name, happy bo change color in the face Bu C Cai Chai, Chua, Chye, Choy, Tsai Cao (Plural;a class; state, several, a government board), Tow, Tso (Cantonese) Cen (small high hill) Chai (firewood) Chaim (excellent, verbose), Chaim (Hainan) Chan (display, stale), Chin, Chan (Cantonese) Chang (open up), Chang, Cheung(Cantonese), Chong, Teoh(Fukien Hakka) Chao Che (to thank), Dea, Dear, Der, Deer(Cantonese), Che, She, Tse, Tze Chen (display, stale), Chin, Chan (Cantonese) faithful, sincere Cheng (extent, journey) Cheung (open up), Chang, Cheung(Cantonese), Chong, Teoh(Fukien Hakka) Chew (to return the goods to the original owner; to go away rapidly), Chew, Chieu, Chu (Cantonese) chi ignorant, worm name of an ancient city Chieu (to return the goods to the original owner; to go away rapidly), Chew, Chieu, Chu (Cantonese) Chin (display, stale), Chin, Chan (Cantonese) Chong (open up), Chang, Cheung(Cantonese), Chong, Teoh(Fukien Hakka) Chou (complete, encircle), Chou, Joe Chu (to return the goods to the original owner; to go away rapidly), Chew, Chieu, Chu (Cantonese) cut grass, hay ancient place name nimble, to help cong octagonal jade badge cuan cooking-stove, to cook Cui (high mountain, precipitous) D da rough bamboo mat Dai (wear; bear; put on (the body)) dan sincere Dea, Dear, Deer (to thank), Dea, Dear, Der, Deer(Cantonese), Che, She, Tse, Tze Deng (surname), Teng(Wades-Giles), Tang(Cantonese), Thien, Thean, Thian (Hakka) Der (to thank), Dea, Dear, Der, Deer(Cantonese), Che, She, Tse, Tze di leather shoes (barbarians, name of a tribe) (the residence of a high official, lodging-house) Ding (4th heavenly stem) Dong great-grand (father), Dong, Tsang (Cantonese) (direct, supervise, govern) Dou (sinus (anatom.), a hole; a burrow) Du (metropolis) (fabricate, restrict) Duan (paragraph, section, a piece, a part, a portion) Dung (ancestor, family , MoyGen#18> ), Dung, Tsung(Cantonese) E Eng (army troop), Ng (Cantonese), Eng (Anglicized Cantonese) er beard F Fan (cage, fence) (model) fei (phonetic), (surname), elegant (expenses, to waste) feng abundant name of an ancient city (horse running), Foong, Fung, Pang Foong (horse running), Foong, Fung, Pang Fu (tutor) Fung (horse running), Foong, Fung, Pang G gai include in, prepare Gan (sweet, delicious, pleasant) gao name of a feudal state Ge (spear) ge earthen pot, iron caldron Ge Geng (bright) Gong Jiang (large river gou, if indeed, thoughtless gu crime/sin, Koo(Hakka) (look around, look about) Guan (mountain pass, shut), Kwan, Quan (Cantonese) to control, tube/pipe Guang (wide, vast, extensive) gui ancient place name name of a river Guo (outer city wall) (nation, kingdom, country, people, state), Gok, Gauk, Gwock did once, to pass H Han Hang (Hangzhou) Hao (ancient place name) He (carry, what/how/why/which), Hor (Cantonese) (congratulate) awe-inspiring hong sound of a crash Hong big, gate (flood) Hor (carry, what/how/why/which), Hor (Cantonese) hou place name Hsiao Xiao (mournful, the name of a herbal grass), Siew, Siu, Seow, Hsiao hu name of a river Hu (beard, what why how, reckless, blindly) Hua (name of a mountain) Huan (Sapindus mukurosi) pay back, return excellent Huang emperor (sulfur, yellow), Wong (Cantonese) Hui Xu (to permit), Hui, Huie (Cantonese) Qiu (a small hill; a mound), Khu, Kau, Hui Huie Xu (to permit), Hui, Huie (Cantonese) Huo (cholera) I J ji women, name of a mountain, (record/register) jian Eupatorium chinense difficulty, lame Jiang (large river), Gong (Cantonese) jiao cunning, pretty sparkling/bright (insect), (surname) Jin (gold) jin martingale, stingy Jing (thorns/brambles) jiu hang down Joe Zhou (complete, encircle), Chou, Joe ju (hemp), sack cloth juan brook, to select jue glance fearfully K kan peep Kang Kau Qiu (a small hill; a mound), Khu, Kau, Hui Ke (the stem of the branches of a tree or a grass, handle of axe) respectful Khu (a small hill; a mound), Khu, Kau, Hui Kong (hole) Koo Gu (ancient, old), Koo(Hakka) kuai name of a feudal state, throat, to swallow kuang kui Amaranthus mangostanus lacking/empty/exhausted Kwan Guan (mountain pass, shut), Kwan, Quan (Cantonese) L Lai (disclaim, rely, to blame, depend on, trust in) Lam (woods), Lam (Cantonese), Lim(Hokkien) Lang (a youth) lao lustful Lau (to kill), Lau (Cantonese) Law (a net to catch birds; snare; catch with a net or trap; list; arrange; spread out; a kind of light silk; gauze) Law, Loh, Lo Le (happy, laugh) Lee (plum), Lee(Cantonese) Lei (thunder), Louis Lew Li (black) name of a river (plum), Lee(Cantonese) chestnut (ancient place name) Lian (even/as, join) liang (beam of roof, bridge, an elevation), Leong, Leung Liao Lew (Cantonese) Lim (woods), Lam (Cantonese), Lim(Hokkien) Lin (woods), Lam (Cantonese), Lim(Hokkien) select for appointment Ling sound of water flowing ice, approach; advance, encroach, soar Liu (to kill), Lau (Cantonese) (willow tree) Lo (a net to catch birds; snare; catch with a net or trap; list; arrange; spread out; a kind of light silk; gauze) Law, Loh, Lo Loh (a net to catch birds; snare; catch with a net or trap; list; arrange; spread out; a kind of light silk; gauze) Law, Loh, Lo Long (dragon), Loong Loong dragon), Loong Lou (star) Louis (thunder), Louis Lu (land, continent, the shore) (road) place name name of a river go carefully polishing tool Luo (a net to catch birds; snare; catch with a net or trap; list; arrange; spread out; a kind of light silk; gauze) Law, Loh, Lo name of a river M Ma (horse), Mah, Mar Mah (horse), Mah, Mar Mai (wheat, a general term for crops like barley, wheat and oat), Mak Mak (wheat, a general term for crops like barley, wheat and oat), Mak man insult Mao Mar (horse), Mah, Mar Mei2 (Plum), Moy (Cantonese) Meng (first) mi moose, river bank (metre, uncooked rice) still/silent Miao (Miao tribe, sprout) Min (feel compassion for) Ming (clear/bright) mo Moy (Plum), Moy (Cantonese) Mu (solemn) |