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Hudson in Chinese
哈德森
hā dé sēn
Hudson is usually written 哈德森 in Chinese, pronounced hā dé sēn. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Hudson, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 哈 | hā | first (high, level) tone | sound of laughter | 哈 |
| 德 | dé | second (rising) tone | ethics, morality, virtue | 德 |
| 森 | sēn | first (high, level) tone | forest; luxuriant vegetation | 森 |
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 Hudson in Chinese
How do you write Hudson in Chinese?
Hudson is usually written 哈德森 in Chinese, pronounced hā dé sēn. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Hudson, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 哈德森?
哈德森 is pronounced hā dé sēn: hā in the first (high, level) tone, dé in the second (rising) tone and sēn in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Hudson in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 哈德森 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 哈德森 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 哈德森 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Hudson, 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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