girl’s name
Melissa in Chinese
梅丽莎
méi lì shā · traditional 梅麗莎
Melissa is usually written 梅丽莎 in Chinese, pronounced méi lì shā. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Melissa, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 梅 | méi | second (rising) tone | plums; prunes | 梅 |
| 丽 | lì | fourth (falling) tone | beautiful, magnificent, elegant | 麗 |
| 莎 | shā | first (high, level) tone | kind of sedge grass, used anciently for raincoat | 莎 |
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 Melissa in Chinese
How do you write Melissa in Chinese?
Melissa is usually written 梅丽莎 in Chinese, pronounced méi lì shā. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Melissa, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 梅丽莎?
梅丽莎 is pronounced méi lì shā: méi in the second (rising) tone, lì in the fourth (falling) tone and shā in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Melissa in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, it is written 梅麗莎.
Is 梅丽莎 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Melissa, 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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