girl’s name
Audrey in Chinese
奥黛丽
ào dài lì · traditional 奧黛麗
Audrey is usually written 奥黛丽 in Chinese, pronounced ào dài lì. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Audrey, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 奥 | ào | fourth (falling) tone | mysterious, obscure, profound | 奧 |
| 黛 | dài | fourth (falling) tone | blacken eyebrows; black | 黛 |
| 丽 | lì | fourth (falling) tone | beautiful, magnificent, elegant | 麗 |
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 Audrey in Chinese
How do you write Audrey in Chinese?
Audrey is usually written 奥黛丽 in Chinese, pronounced ào dài lì. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Audrey, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 奥黛丽?
奥黛丽 is pronounced ào dài lì: ào in the fourth (falling) tone, dài in the fourth (falling) tone and lì in the fourth (falling) tone.
How do you write Audrey in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, it is written 奧黛麗.
Is 奥黛丽 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Audrey, 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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