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Gabriella in Chinese
加布里埃拉
jiā bù lǐ āi lā
Gabriella is usually written 加布里埃拉 in Chinese, pronounced jiā bù lǐ āi lā. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Gabriella, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 加 | jiā | first (high, level) tone | add to, increase, augment | 加 |
| 布 | bù | fourth (falling) tone | cotton cloth, textiles, linen | 布 |
| 里 | lǐ | third (dipping) tone | unit of distance; village | 里 |
| 埃 | āi | first (high, level) tone | fine dust, dirt | 埃 |
| 拉 | lā | first (high, level) tone | pull, drag; seize, hold | 拉 |
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 Gabriella in Chinese
How do you write Gabriella in Chinese?
Gabriella is usually written 加布里埃拉 in Chinese, pronounced jiā bù lǐ āi lā. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Gabriella, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 加布里埃拉?
加布里埃拉 is pronounced jiā bù lǐ āi lā: jiā in the first (high, level) tone, bù in the fourth (falling) tone, lǐ in the third (dipping) tone, āi in the first (high, level) tone and lā in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Gabriella in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 加布里埃拉 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 加布里埃拉 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 加布里埃拉 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Gabriella, 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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