girl’s name
Julia in Chinese
朱莉娅
zhū lì yà
Julia is usually written 朱莉娅 in Chinese, pronounced zhū lì yà. You may also see 茱莉亚 (zhū lì yà). It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Julia, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 朱 | zhū | first (high, level) tone | cinnabar, vermilion; surname | 朱 |
| 莉 | lì | fourth (falling) tone | white jasmine | 莉 |
| 娅 | yà | fourth (falling) tone | mutual term of address used by sons-in-law | 娅 |
Other spelling: 茱莉亚 (zhū lì yà) — 茱 dogwood · 莉 white jasmine · 亚 Asia; second
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 Julia in Chinese
How do you write Julia in Chinese?
Julia is usually written 朱莉娅 in Chinese, pronounced zhū lì yà. You may also see 茱莉亚 (zhū lì yà). It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Julia, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 朱莉娅?
朱莉娅 is pronounced zhū lì yà: zhū in the first (high, level) tone, lì in the fourth (falling) tone and yà in the fourth (falling) tone.
How do you write Julia in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 朱莉娅 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 朱莉娅 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 朱莉娅 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Julia, 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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