boy’s name
Aiden in Chinese
艾登
ài dēng
Aiden is usually written 艾登 in Chinese, pronounced ài dēng. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Aiden, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 艾 | ài | fourth (falling) tone | artemisia, mugwort | 艾 |
| 登 | dēng | first (high, level) tone | rise, mount, board, climb | 登 |
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 Aiden in Chinese
How do you write Aiden in Chinese?
Aiden is usually written 艾登 in Chinese, pronounced ài dēng. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Aiden, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 艾登?
艾登 is pronounced ài dēng: ài in the fourth (falling) tone and dēng in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Aiden in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 艾登 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 艾登 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 艾登 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Aiden, 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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