girl’s name
Delilah in Chinese
黛利拉
dài lì lā
Delilah is usually written 黛利拉 in Chinese, pronounced dài lì lā. You may also see 大利拉 (dà lì lā). It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Delilah, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 黛 | dài | fourth (falling) tone | blacken eyebrows; black | 黛 |
| 利 | lì | fourth (falling) tone | gains, advantage, profit, merit | 利 |
| 拉 | lā | first (high, level) tone | pull, drag; seize, hold | 拉 |
Other spelling: 大利拉 (dà lì lā) — 大 big, great, vast, large, high · 利 gains, advantage, profit, merit · 拉 pull, drag; seize, hold
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 Delilah in Chinese
How do you write Delilah in Chinese?
Delilah is usually written 黛利拉 in Chinese, pronounced dài lì lā. You may also see 大利拉 (dà lì lā). It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Delilah, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 黛利拉?
黛利拉 is pronounced dài lì lā: dài in the fourth (falling) tone, lì in the fourth (falling) tone and lā in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Delilah in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 黛利拉 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 黛利拉 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 黛利拉 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Delilah, 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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