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Cheah

Cheah proper noun: a surname from Hokkien.

Proper noun

Cheah

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore) A surname from Hokkien.
  2. (Malaysia, Singapore) A surname from Teochew.

Forms of Cheah

alternative formChia
alternative formSia

Origin of Cheah

From either Hokkien 謝 /谢 (Chiā) or Teochew 謝 /谢 (Zia⁷).

Questions about Cheah

What does Cheah mean?
Cheah means a surname from Hokkien.
What part of speech is Cheah?
Cheah is a proper noun.

Words near Cheah in the dictionary

  1. Cheadle
  2. Cheadle Heath
  3. Cheadle Hulme
  4. Cheadle's disease
  5. Cheadle-Möller-Barlow syndrome
  6. Cheah
  7. Cheal
  8. Cheale
  9. Cheam
  10. cheap
  11. cheap and cheerful

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