girl’s name
Isabelle in Chinese
伊莎贝尔
yī shā bèi ěr · traditional 伊莎貝爾
Isabelle is usually written 伊莎贝尔 in Chinese, pronounced yī shā bèi ěr. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Isabelle, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 伊 | yī | first (high, level) tone | third person pronoun; he, she, this, that | 伊 |
| 莎 | shā | first (high, level) tone | kind of sedge grass, used anciently for raincoat | 莎 |
| 贝 | bèi | fourth (falling) tone | sea shell; money, currency | 貝 |
| 尔 | ěr | third (dipping) tone | you; that, those | 爾 |
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 Isabelle in Chinese
How do you write Isabelle in Chinese?
Isabelle is usually written 伊莎贝尔 in Chinese, pronounced yī shā bèi ěr. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Isabelle, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 伊莎贝尔?
伊莎贝尔 is pronounced yī shā bèi ěr: yī in the first (high, level) tone, shā in the first (high, level) tone, bèi in the fourth (falling) tone and ěr in the third (dipping) tone.
How do you write Isabelle in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, it is written 伊莎貝爾.
Is 伊莎贝尔 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Isabelle, 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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