girl’s name
Jasmine in Chinese
杰斯敏
jié sī mǐn
Jasmine is usually written 杰斯敏 in Chinese, pronounced jié sī mǐn. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Jasmine, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杰 | jié | second (rising) tone | hero; heroic, outstanding | 杰 |
| 斯 | sī | first (high, level) tone | this, thus, such; to lop off | 斯 |
| 敏 | mǐn | third (dipping) tone | fast, quick, clever, smart | 敏 |
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 Jasmine in Chinese
How do you write Jasmine in Chinese?
Jasmine is usually written 杰斯敏 in Chinese, pronounced jié sī mǐn. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Jasmine, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 杰斯敏?
杰斯敏 is pronounced jié sī mǐn: jié in the second (rising) tone, sī in the first (high, level) tone and mǐn in the third (dipping) tone.
How do you write Jasmine in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 杰斯敏 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 杰斯敏 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 杰斯敏 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Jasmine, 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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