girl’s name
Natalie in Chinese
娜塔莉
nà tǎ lì
Natalie is usually written 娜塔莉 in Chinese, pronounced nà tǎ lì. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Natalie, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 娜 | nà | fourth (falling) tone | elegant, graceful, delicate | 娜 |
| 塔 | tǎ | third (dipping) tone | tower, spire, tall building | 塔 |
| 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 Natalie in Chinese
How do you write Natalie in Chinese?
Natalie is usually written 娜塔莉 in Chinese, pronounced nà tǎ lì. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Natalie, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 娜塔莉?
娜塔莉 is pronounced nà tǎ lì: nà in the fourth (falling) tone, tǎ in the third (dipping) tone and lì in the fourth (falling) tone.
How do you write Natalie in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 娜塔莉 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 娜塔莉 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 娜塔莉 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Natalie, 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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