"Yee" meaning in English

See Yee in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 余 (Î) or Cantonese 余 (jyu⁴) or Cantonese 爾/尔 (ji⁵). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nan-hbl|余|tr=Î}} Hokkien 余 (Î), {{sup|4}} ⁴, {{bor|en|yue|余|tr=jyu⁴}} Cantonese 余 (jyu⁴), {{sup|5}} ⁵, {{bor|en|yue|爾|tr=ji⁵}} Cantonese 爾/尔 (ji⁵) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Yee
  1. A surname from Chinese. Wikipedia link: Yee (surname)

Download JSONL data for Yee meaning in English (1.3kB)

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