girl’s name
Alice in Chinese
爱丽丝
ài lì sī · traditional 愛麗絲
Alice is usually written 爱丽丝 in Chinese, pronounced ài lì sī. You may also see 艾丽斯 (ài lì sī). It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Alice, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 爱 | ài | fourth (falling) tone | love, be fond of, like | 愛 |
| 丽 | lì | fourth (falling) tone | beautiful, magnificent, elegant | 麗 |
| 丝 | sī | first (high, level) tone | silk; fine thread | 絲 |
Other spelling: 艾丽斯 (ài lì sī) — 艾 artemisia, mugwort · 丽 beautiful, magnificent, elegant · 斯 this, thus, such; to lop off
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 Alice in Chinese
How do you write Alice in Chinese?
Alice is usually written 爱丽丝 in Chinese, pronounced ài lì sī. You may also see 艾丽斯 (ài lì sī). It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Alice, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 爱丽丝?
爱丽丝 is pronounced ài lì sī: ài in the fourth (falling) tone, lì in the fourth (falling) tone and sī in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Alice in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, it is written 愛麗絲.
Is 爱丽丝 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Alice, 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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