girl’s name
Daisy in Chinese
黛西
dài xī
Daisy is usually written 黛西 in Chinese, pronounced dài xī. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Daisy, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 黛 | dài | fourth (falling) tone | blacken eyebrows; black | 黛 |
| 西 | xī | first (high, level) tone | west; westward | 西 |
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 Daisy in Chinese
How do you write Daisy in Chinese?
Daisy is usually written 黛西 in Chinese, pronounced dài xī. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Daisy, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 黛西?
黛西 is pronounced dài xī: dài in the fourth (falling) tone and xī in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Daisy in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 黛西 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 黛西 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 黛西 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Daisy, 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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