Yee

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Cantonese (jyu4) or Taishanese (yi3) or Hokkien (Î) or Cantonese (ji5).

Proper noun

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Yee

  1. A surname from Chinese.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Yee is the 1740th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 20591 individuals. Yee is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (83.54%).

Anagrams

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From English Yee, from either Taishanese (yi3) or Cantonese (jyu4) or Mandarin (), perhaps from Hokkien (î).

Proper noun

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Yee

  1. a surname from Cantonese [in turn from Hokkien] or from Mandarin [in turn from Hokkien]

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Yee, from either Taishanese (yi3) or Cantonese (jyu4) or Mandarin (), perhaps from Hokkien (î).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Yee (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜒ)

  1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Cantonese [in turn from Hokkien] or from Mandarin [in turn from Hokkien]

See also

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