boy’s name
Kenneth in Chinese
肯尼斯
kěn ní sī
Kenneth is usually written 肯尼斯 in Chinese, pronounced kěn ní sī. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Kenneth, 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 |
| 斯 | sī | first (high, level) tone | this, thus, such; to lop off | 斯 |
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 Kenneth in Chinese
How do you write Kenneth in Chinese?
Kenneth is usually written 肯尼斯 in Chinese, pronounced kěn ní sī. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Kenneth, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 肯尼斯?
肯尼斯 is pronounced kěn ní sī: kěn in the third (dipping) tone, ní in the second (rising) tone and sī in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Kenneth in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 肯尼斯 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 肯尼斯 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 肯尼斯 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Kenneth, 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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