girl’s name
Angela in Chinese
安吉拉
ān jí lā
Angela is usually written 安吉拉 in Chinese, pronounced ān jí lā. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Angela, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 安 | ān | first (high, level) tone | peaceful, tranquil, quiet | 安 |
| 吉 | jí | second (rising) tone | lucky, propitious, good | 吉 |
| 拉 | lā | first (high, level) tone | pull, drag; seize, hold | 拉 |
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 Angela in Chinese
How do you write Angela in Chinese?
Angela is usually written 安吉拉 in Chinese, pronounced ān jí lā. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Angela, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 安吉拉?
安吉拉 is pronounced ān jí lā: ān in the first (high, level) tone, jí in the second (rising) tone and lā in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Angela in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 安吉拉 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 安吉拉 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 安吉拉 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Angela, 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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