girl’s name
Eliza in Chinese
伊莉莎
yī lì shā
Eliza is usually written 伊莉莎 in Chinese, pronounced yī lì shā. You may also see 伊莱扎 (yī lái zhā). It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Eliza, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 伊 | yī | first (high, level) tone | third person pronoun; he, she, this, that | 伊 |
| 莉 | lì | fourth (falling) tone | white jasmine | 莉 |
| 莎 | shā | first (high, level) tone | kind of sedge grass, used anciently for raincoat | 莎 |
Other spelling: 伊莱扎 (yī lái zhā) — 伊 third person pronoun; he, she, this, that · 莱 goosefoot, weed; fallow field · 扎 pull up; pierce
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 Eliza in Chinese
How do you write Eliza in Chinese?
Eliza is usually written 伊莉莎 in Chinese, pronounced yī lì shā. You may also see 伊莱扎 (yī lái zhā). It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Eliza, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 伊莉莎?
伊莉莎 is pronounced yī lì shā: yī in the first (high, level) tone, lì in the fourth (falling) tone and shā in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Eliza in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 伊莉莎 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 伊莉莎 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 伊莉莎 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Eliza, 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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