boy’s name
Louis in Chinese
路易斯
lù yì sī
Louis is usually written 路易斯 in Chinese, pronounced lù yì sī. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Louis, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 路 | lù | fourth (falling) tone | road, path, street; journey | 路 |
| 易 | yì | fourth (falling) tone | change; easy | 易 |
| 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 Louis in Chinese
How do you write Louis in Chinese?
Louis is usually written 路易斯 in Chinese, pronounced lù yì sī. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Louis, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 路易斯?
路易斯 is pronounced lù yì sī: lù in the fourth (falling) tone, yì in the fourth (falling) tone and sī in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Louis in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 路易斯 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 路易斯 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 路易斯 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Louis, 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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