girl’s name
Molly in Chinese
莫莉
mò lì
Molly is usually written 莫莉 in Chinese, pronounced mò lì. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Molly, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 莫 | mò | fourth (falling) tone | do not, is not, can not; negative | 莫 |
| 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 Molly in Chinese
How do you write Molly in Chinese?
Molly is usually written 莫莉 in Chinese, pronounced mò lì. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Molly, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 莫莉?
莫莉 is pronounced mò lì: mò in the fourth (falling) tone and lì in the fourth (falling) tone.
How do you write Molly in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 莫莉 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 莫莉 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 莫莉 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Molly, 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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