girl’s name
Sandra in Chinese
桑德拉
sāng dé lā
Sandra is usually written 桑德拉 in Chinese, pronounced sāng dé lā. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Sandra, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 桑 | sāng | first (high, level) tone | mulberry tree; surname | 桑 |
| 德 | dé | second (rising) tone | ethics, morality, virtue | 德 |
| 拉 | lā | first (high, level) tone | pull, drag; seize, hold | 拉 |
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 Sandra in Chinese
How do you write Sandra in Chinese?
Sandra is usually written 桑德拉 in Chinese, pronounced sāng dé lā. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Sandra, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 桑德拉?
桑德拉 is pronounced sāng dé lā: sāng in the first (high, level) tone, dé in the second (rising) tone and lā in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Sandra in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 桑德拉 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 桑德拉 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 桑德拉 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Sandra, 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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