girl’s name
Camila in Chinese
卡米拉
kǎ mǐ lā
Camila is usually written 卡米拉 in Chinese, pronounced kǎ mǐ lā. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Camila, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 卡 | kǎ | third (dipping) tone | card, punch card; calorie | 卡 |
| 米 | mǐ | third (dipping) tone | hulled or husked uncooked rice | 米 |
| 拉 | lā | first (high, level) tone | pull, drag; seize, hold | 拉 |
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 Camila in Chinese
How do you write Camila in Chinese?
Camila is usually written 卡米拉 in Chinese, pronounced kǎ mǐ lā. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Camila, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 卡米拉?
卡米拉 is pronounced kǎ mǐ lā: kǎ in the third (dipping) tone, mǐ in the third (dipping) tone and lā in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Camila in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 卡米拉 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 卡米拉 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 卡米拉 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Camila, 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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