unisex name
Avery in Chinese
艾弗里
ài fú lǐ
Avery is usually written 艾弗里 in Chinese, pronounced ài fú lǐ. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Avery, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 艾 | ài | fourth (falling) tone | artemisia, mugwort | 艾 |
| 弗 | fú | second (rising) tone | not, negative; dollar | 弗 |
| 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 Avery in Chinese
How do you write Avery in Chinese?
Avery is usually written 艾弗里 in Chinese, pronounced ài fú lǐ. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Avery, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 艾弗里?
艾弗里 is pronounced ài fú lǐ: ài in the fourth (falling) tone, fú in the second (rising) tone and lǐ in the third (dipping) tone.
How do you write Avery in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 艾弗里 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 艾弗里 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 艾弗里 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Avery, 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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