girl’s name
Madison in Chinese
麦迪逊
mài dí xùn · traditional 麥迪遜
Madison is usually written 麦迪逊 in Chinese, pronounced mài dí xùn. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Madison, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 麦 | mài | fourth (falling) tone | wheat, barley, oats | 麥 |
| 迪 | dí | second (rising) tone | enlighten, advance; progress | 迪 |
| 逊 | xùn | fourth (falling) tone | humble, modest; yield | 遜 |
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 Madison in Chinese
How do you write Madison in Chinese?
Madison is usually written 麦迪逊 in Chinese, pronounced mài dí xùn. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Madison, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 麦迪逊?
麦迪逊 is pronounced mài dí xùn: mài in the fourth (falling) tone, dí in the second (rising) tone and xùn in the fourth (falling) tone.
How do you write Madison in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, it is written 麥迪遜.
Is 麦迪逊 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Madison, 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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