girl’s name
Patricia in Chinese
帕特里夏
pà tè lǐ xià
Patricia is usually written 帕特里夏 in Chinese, pronounced pà tè lǐ xià. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Patricia, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 帕 | pà | fourth (falling) tone | turban, kerchief, veil; wrap | 帕 |
| 特 | tè | fourth (falling) tone | special, unique, distinguished | 特 |
| 里 | lǐ | third (dipping) tone | unit of distance; village | 里 |
| 夏 | xià | fourth (falling) tone | summer; great, grand, big | 夏 |
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 Patricia in Chinese
How do you write Patricia in Chinese?
Patricia is usually written 帕特里夏 in Chinese, pronounced pà tè lǐ xià. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Patricia, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 帕特里夏?
帕特里夏 is pronounced pà tè lǐ xià: pà in the fourth (falling) tone, tè in the fourth (falling) tone, lǐ in the third (dipping) tone and xià in the fourth (falling) tone.
How do you write Patricia in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 帕特里夏 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 帕特里夏 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 帕特里夏 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Patricia, 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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