girl’s name
Nina in Chinese
妮娜
nī nà
Nina is usually written 妮娜 in Chinese, pronounced nī nà. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Nina, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 妮 | nī | first (high, level) tone | maid, servant girl; cute girl | 妮 |
| 娜 | nà | fourth (falling) tone | elegant, graceful, delicate | 娜 |
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 Nina in Chinese
How do you write Nina in Chinese?
Nina is usually written 妮娜 in Chinese, pronounced nī nà. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Nina, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 妮娜?
妮娜 is pronounced nī nà: nī in the first (high, level) tone and nà in the fourth (falling) tone.
How do you write Nina in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 妮娜 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 妮娜 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 妮娜 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Nina, 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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