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Addison in Chinese
艾迪森
ài dí sēn
Addison is usually written 艾迪森 in Chinese, pronounced ài dí sēn. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Addison, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 艾 | ài | fourth (falling) tone | artemisia, mugwort | 艾 |
| 迪 | dí | second (rising) tone | enlighten, advance; progress | 迪 |
| 森 | sēn | first (high, level) tone | forest; luxuriant vegetation | 森 |
Readings and meanings come from the Unicode Han Database (Unihan). In a transliterated name, the meanings of the characters are not read as a sentence.
Questions about Addison in Chinese
How do you write Addison in Chinese?
Addison is usually written 艾迪森 in Chinese, pronounced ài dí sēn. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Addison, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 艾迪森?
艾迪森 is pronounced ài dí sēn: ài in the fourth (falling) tone, dí in the second (rising) tone and sēn in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Addison in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 艾迪森 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 艾迪森 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 艾迪森 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Addison, so Chinese readers will recognise it as a foreign name. If you would like a name that looks Chinese, our free generator also suggests names chosen for their meaning.
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