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Atlas in Chinese
阿特拉斯
ā tè lā sī
Atlas is usually written 阿特拉斯 in Chinese, pronounced ā tè lā sī. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Atlas, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 阿 | ā | first (high, level) tone | prefix for people's names | 阿 |
| 特 | tè | fourth (falling) tone | special, unique, distinguished | 特 |
| 拉 | lā | first (high, level) tone | pull, drag; seize, hold | 拉 |
| 斯 | sī | first (high, level) tone | this, thus, such; to lop off | 斯 |
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 Atlas in Chinese
How do you write Atlas in Chinese?
Atlas is usually written 阿特拉斯 in Chinese, pronounced ā tè lā sī. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Atlas, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 阿特拉斯?
阿特拉斯 is pronounced ā tè lā sī: ā in the first (high, level) tone, tè in the fourth (falling) tone, lā in the first (high, level) tone and sī in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Atlas in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 阿特拉斯 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 阿特拉斯 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 阿特拉斯 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Atlas, 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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