girl’s name
Hope in Chinese
霍普
huò pǔ
Hope is usually written 霍普 in Chinese, pronounced huò pǔ. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Hope, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 霍 | huò | fourth (falling) tone | quickly, suddenly; surname | 霍 |
| 普 | pǔ | third (dipping) tone | universal, general, widespread | 普 |
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 Hope in Chinese
How do you write Hope in Chinese?
Hope is usually written 霍普 in Chinese, pronounced huò pǔ. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Hope, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 霍普?
霍普 is pronounced huò pǔ: huò in the fourth (falling) tone and pǔ in the third (dipping) tone.
How do you write Hope in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 霍普 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 霍普 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 霍普 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Hope, 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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