girl’s name
Monica in Chinese
莫妮卡
mò nī kǎ
Monica is usually written 莫妮卡 in Chinese, pronounced mò nī kǎ. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Monica, 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 |
| 妮 | nī | first (high, level) tone | maid, servant girl; cute girl | 妮 |
| 卡 | kǎ | third (dipping) tone | card, punch card; calorie | 卡 |
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 Monica in Chinese
How do you write Monica in Chinese?
Monica is usually written 莫妮卡 in Chinese, pronounced mò nī kǎ. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Monica, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 莫妮卡?
莫妮卡 is pronounced mò nī kǎ: mò in the fourth (falling) tone, nī in the first (high, level) tone and kǎ in the third (dipping) tone.
How do you write Monica in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 莫妮卡 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 莫妮卡 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 莫妮卡 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Monica, 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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