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Kennedy in Chinese
肯尼迪
kěn ní dí
Kennedy is usually written 肯尼迪 in Chinese, pronounced kěn ní dí. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Kennedy, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 肯 | kěn | third (dipping) tone | willing; consent to, permit | 肯 |
| 尼 | ní | second (rising) tone | Buddhist nun; transliteration | 尼 |
| 迪 | dí | second (rising) tone | enlighten, advance; progress | 迪 |
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 Kennedy in Chinese
How do you write Kennedy in Chinese?
Kennedy is usually written 肯尼迪 in Chinese, pronounced kěn ní dí. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Kennedy, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 肯尼迪?
肯尼迪 is pronounced kěn ní dí: kěn in the third (dipping) tone, ní in the second (rising) tone and dí in the second (rising) tone.
How do you write Kennedy in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 肯尼迪 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 肯尼迪 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 肯尼迪 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Kennedy, 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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