girl’s name
Emily in Chinese
艾米莉
ài mǐ lì
Emily is usually written 艾米莉 in Chinese, pronounced ài mǐ lì. You may also see 艾米丽 (ài mǐ lì). It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Emily, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 艾 | ài | fourth (falling) tone | artemisia, mugwort | 艾 |
| 米 | mǐ | third (dipping) tone | hulled or husked uncooked rice | 米 |
| 莉 | lì | fourth (falling) tone | white jasmine | 莉 |
Other spelling: 艾米丽 (ài mǐ lì) — 艾 artemisia, mugwort · 米 hulled or husked uncooked rice · 丽 beautiful, magnificent, elegant
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 Emily in Chinese
How do you write Emily in Chinese?
Emily is usually written 艾米莉 in Chinese, pronounced ài mǐ lì. You may also see 艾米丽 (ài mǐ lì). It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Emily, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 艾米莉?
艾米莉 is pronounced ài mǐ lì: ài in the fourth (falling) tone, mǐ in the third (dipping) tone and lì in the fourth (falling) tone.
How do you write Emily in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 艾米莉 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 艾米莉 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 艾米莉 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Emily, 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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