girl’s name
Christina in Chinese
克里斯蒂娜
kè lǐ sī dì nà
Christina is usually written 克里斯蒂娜 in Chinese, pronounced kè lǐ sī dì nà. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Christina, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 克 | kè | fourth (falling) tone | gram; overcome | 克 |
| 里 | lǐ | third (dipping) tone | unit of distance; village | 里 |
| 斯 | sī | first (high, level) tone | this, thus, such; to lop off | 斯 |
| 蒂 | dì | fourth (falling) tone | peduncle or stem of plants | 蒂 |
| 娜 | nà | fourth (falling) tone | elegant, graceful, delicate | 娜 |
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 Christina in Chinese
How do you write Christina in Chinese?
Christina is usually written 克里斯蒂娜 in Chinese, pronounced kè lǐ sī dì nà. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Christina, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 克里斯蒂娜?
克里斯蒂娜 is pronounced kè lǐ sī dì nà: kè in the fourth (falling) tone, lǐ in the third (dipping) tone, sī in the first (high, level) tone, dì in the fourth (falling) tone and nà in the fourth (falling) tone.
How do you write Christina in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 克里斯蒂娜 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 克里斯蒂娜 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 克里斯蒂娜 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Christina, 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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