Yee
See also: Appendix:Variations of "yee"
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hokkien 余 (Î) or Taishanese 余 (yi3) or Cantonese 爾/尔 (ji5).
Proper noun edit
Yee
- A surname from Chinese.
Statistics edit
- 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 edit
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From English Yee, from either Taishanese 余 (yi3) or Cantonese 余 (jyu4) or Mandarin 余 (yú), perhaps from Hokkien 余 (î).
Proper noun edit
Yee
- a surname from Cantonese [in turn from Hokkien] or from Mandarin [in turn from Hokkien]
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From English Yee, from either Taishanese 余 (yi3) or Cantonese 余 (jyu4) or Mandarin 余 (yú), perhaps from Hokkien 余 (î).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈji/, [ˈji]
- Rhymes: -i
Proper noun edit
Yee (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜒ)
- a surname from Cantonese [in turn from Hokkien] or from Mandarin [in turn from Hokkien]