girl’s name
Anne in Chinese
安妮
ān nī
Anne is usually written 安妮 in Chinese, pronounced ān nī. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Anne, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 安 | ān | first (high, level) tone | peaceful, tranquil, quiet | 安 |
| 妮 | nī | first (high, level) tone | maid, servant girl; cute girl | 妮 |
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 Anne in Chinese
How do you write Anne in Chinese?
Anne is usually written 安妮 in Chinese, pronounced ān nī. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Anne, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 安妮?
安妮 is pronounced ān nī: ān in the first (high, level) tone and nī in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Anne in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 安妮 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 安妮 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 安妮 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Anne, 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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