boy’s name
Charles in Chinese
查尔斯
chá ěr sī · traditional 查爾斯
Charles is usually written 查尔斯 in Chinese, pronounced chá ěr sī. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Charles, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 查 | chá | second (rising) tone | investigate, examine, seek into | 查 |
| 尔 | ěr | third (dipping) tone | you; that, those | 爾 |
| 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 Charles in Chinese
How do you write Charles in Chinese?
Charles is usually written 查尔斯 in Chinese, pronounced chá ěr sī. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Charles, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 查尔斯?
查尔斯 is pronounced chá ěr sī: chá in the second (rising) tone, ěr in the third (dipping) tone and sī in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Charles in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, it is written 查爾斯.
Is 查尔斯 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Charles, 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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