girl’s name
Natasha in Chinese
娜塔莎
nà tǎ shā
Natasha is usually written 娜塔莎 in Chinese, pronounced nà tǎ shā. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Natasha, 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 |
| 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 Natasha in Chinese
How do you write Natasha in Chinese?
Natasha is usually written 娜塔莎 in Chinese, pronounced nà tǎ shā. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Natasha, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 娜塔莎?
娜塔莎 is pronounced nà tǎ shā: nà in the fourth (falling) tone, tǎ in the third (dipping) tone and shā in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Natasha in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 娜塔莎 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 娜塔莎 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 娜塔莎 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Natasha, 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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