girl’s name
Charlotte in Chinese
夏洛特
xià luò tè
Charlotte is usually written 夏洛特 in Chinese, pronounced xià luò tè. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Charlotte, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 夏 | xià | fourth (falling) tone | summer; great, grand, big | 夏 |
| 洛 | luò | fourth (falling) tone | river in Shanxi province; city | 洛 |
| 特 | tè | fourth (falling) tone | special, unique, distinguished | 特 |
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 Charlotte in Chinese
How do you write Charlotte in Chinese?
Charlotte is usually written 夏洛特 in Chinese, pronounced xià luò tè. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Charlotte, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 夏洛特?
夏洛特 is pronounced xià luò tè: xià in the fourth (falling) tone, luò in the fourth (falling) tone and tè in the fourth (falling) tone.
How do you write Charlotte in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 夏洛特 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 夏洛特 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 夏洛特 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Charlotte, 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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