girl’s name
Harper in Chinese
哈珀
hā pò
Harper is usually written 哈珀 in Chinese, pronounced hā pò. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Harper, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 哈 | hā | first (high, level) tone | sound of laughter | 哈 |
| 珀 | pò | fourth (falling) tone | amber | 珀 |
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 Harper in Chinese
How do you write Harper in Chinese?
Harper is usually written 哈珀 in Chinese, pronounced hā pò. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Harper, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 哈珀?
哈珀 is pronounced hā pò: hā in the first (high, level) tone and pò in the fourth (falling) tone.
How do you write Harper in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 哈珀 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 哈珀 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 哈珀 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Harper, 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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