Attested Chinese name

盈盈 Yíng Yíng

Graceful and full; a delicate, overflowing presence.

Given name: 盈盈 Usage: female Era: classical

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Yíng Yíng

Character by character

盈
yíng

fill; full, overflowing; surplus

盈
yíng

fill; full, overflowing; surplus

Why it works

盈盈 (Yíng Yíng) is a classical Chinese given name. 盈 means fill; full, overflowing; surplus; 盈 means fill; full, overflowing; surplus. It comes from Song Ci Sanbaishou (宋詞三百首) / Three Hundred Song Ci, where the text reads “踏莎行·候館梅殘:盈盈粉淚” — Her powdered tears are brimming. It is soft and lyrical. It is a common reduplicated phrase; it can sound like a description. It is a literary name rather than a common modern choice; check the full name aloud with your surname.

Sound

The pinyin is Yíng Yíng. Say it slowly, then at normal speed. If a tone feels difficult, practice the syllable alone before putting the full name together. A Chinese speaker will usually understand an imperfect tone in context, but the closer you get, the more natural the name feels.

How to introduce it

“My Chinese name is 盈盈. 盈 — fill; full, overflowing; surplus; 盈 — fill; full, overflowing; surplus.”

A common full-name pattern would be 李盈盈 (Lǐ Yíng Yíng), using the surname 李. You can also use no surname at all.

Source

Song Ci Sanbaishou (宋詞三百首) / Three Hundred Song Ci · 踏莎行·候館梅殘:盈盈粉淚

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