boy’s name
Ashton in Chinese
阿什顿
ā shí dùn · traditional 阿什頓
Ashton is usually written 阿什顿 in Chinese, pronounced ā shí dùn. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Ashton, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 阿 | ā | first (high, level) tone | prefix for people's names | 阿 |
| 什 | shí | second (rising) tone | file of ten soldiers; mixed, miscellaneous | 什 |
| 顿 | dùn | fourth (falling) tone | pause, stop; bow, kowtow | 頓 |
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 Ashton in Chinese
How do you write Ashton in Chinese?
Ashton is usually written 阿什顿 in Chinese, pronounced ā shí dùn. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Ashton, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 阿什顿?
阿什顿 is pronounced ā shí dùn: ā in the first (high, level) tone, shí in the second (rising) tone and dùn in the fourth (falling) tone.
How do you write Ashton in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, it is written 阿什頓.
Is 阿什顿 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Ashton, 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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