girl’s name
Kimberly in Chinese
金伯莉
jīn bó lì
Kimberly is usually written 金伯莉 in Chinese, pronounced jīn bó lì. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Kimberly, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 金 | jīn | first (high, level) tone | gold; metals in general | 金 |
| 伯 | bó | second (rising) tone | older brother; father's elder brother | 伯 |
| 莉 | lì | fourth (falling) tone | white jasmine | 莉 |
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 Kimberly in Chinese
How do you write Kimberly in Chinese?
Kimberly is usually written 金伯莉 in Chinese, pronounced jīn bó lì. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Kimberly, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 金伯莉?
金伯莉 is pronounced jīn bó lì: jīn in the first (high, level) tone, bó in the second (rising) tone and lì in the fourth (falling) tone.
How do you write Kimberly in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 金伯莉 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 金伯莉 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 金伯莉 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Kimberly, 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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