Yee

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yee"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 余 (jyu⁴) or Taishanese 余 (yi³) or Hokkien 余 (Î) or Cantonese 爾／尔 (ji⁵).

Proper noun

Yee

1. A surname from Chinese.

Statistics

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

Anagrams

• Eye, eye

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Yee

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

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈji/ [ˈji]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: Yee

Proper noun

Yee (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜒ)

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

See also

• Yu