girl’s name
Elena in Chinese
埃琳娜
āi lín nà
Elena is usually written 埃琳娜 in Chinese, pronounced āi lín nà. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Elena, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 埃 | āi | first (high, level) tone | fine dust, dirt | 埃 |
| 琳 | lín | second (rising) tone | beautiful jade, gem | 琳 |
| 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 Elena in Chinese
How do you write Elena in Chinese?
Elena is usually written 埃琳娜 in Chinese, pronounced āi lín nà. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Elena, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 埃琳娜?
埃琳娜 is pronounced āi lín nà: āi in the first (high, level) tone, lín in the second (rising) tone and nà in the fourth (falling) tone.
How do you write Elena in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 埃琳娜 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 埃琳娜 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 埃琳娜 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Elena, 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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