boy’s name
Adrian in Chinese
艾德里安
ài dé lǐ ān
Adrian is usually written 艾德里安 in Chinese, pronounced ài dé lǐ ān. You may also see 阿德里安 (ā dé lǐ ān). It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Adrian, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 艾 | ài | fourth (falling) tone | artemisia, mugwort | 艾 |
| 德 | dé | second (rising) tone | ethics, morality, virtue | 德 |
| 里 | lǐ | third (dipping) tone | unit of distance; village | 里 |
| 安 | ān | first (high, level) tone | peaceful, tranquil, quiet | 安 |
Other spelling: 阿德里安 (ā dé lǐ ān) — 阿 prefix for people's names · 德 ethics, morality, virtue · 里 unit of distance; village · 安 peaceful, tranquil, quiet
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 Adrian in Chinese
How do you write Adrian in Chinese?
Adrian is usually written 艾德里安 in Chinese, pronounced ài dé lǐ ān. You may also see 阿德里安 (ā dé lǐ ān). It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Adrian, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 艾德里安?
艾德里安 is pronounced ài dé lǐ ān: ài in the fourth (falling) tone, dé in the second (rising) tone, lǐ in the third (dipping) tone and ān in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Adrian in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 艾德里安 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 艾德里安 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 艾德里安 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Adrian, 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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