girl’s name
Aubrey in Chinese
奥布里
ào bù lǐ · traditional 奧布里
Aubrey is usually written 奥布里 in Chinese, pronounced ào bù lǐ. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Aubrey, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 奥 | ào | fourth (falling) tone | mysterious, obscure, profound | 奧 |
| 布 | bù | fourth (falling) tone | cotton cloth, textiles, linen | 布 |
| 里 | lǐ | third (dipping) tone | unit of distance; village | 里 |
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 Aubrey in Chinese
How do you write Aubrey in Chinese?
Aubrey is usually written 奥布里 in Chinese, pronounced ào bù lǐ. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Aubrey, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 奥布里?
奥布里 is pronounced ào bù lǐ: ào in the fourth (falling) tone, bù in the fourth (falling) tone and lǐ in the third (dipping) tone.
How do you write Aubrey in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, it is written 奧布里.
Is 奥布里 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Aubrey, 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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