girl’s name
Sarah in Chinese
莎拉
shā lā
Sarah is usually written 莎拉 in Chinese, pronounced shā lā. You may also see 萨拉 (sà lā). It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Sarah, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 莎 | shā | first (high, level) tone | kind of sedge grass, used anciently for raincoat | 莎 |
| 拉 | lā | first (high, level) tone | pull, drag; seize, hold | 拉 |
Other spelling: 萨拉 (sà lā) — 萨 Buddhist gods or immortals · 拉 pull, drag; seize, hold
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 Sarah in Chinese
How do you write Sarah in Chinese?
Sarah is usually written 莎拉 in Chinese, pronounced shā lā. You may also see 萨拉 (sà lā). It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Sarah, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 莎拉?
莎拉 is pronounced shā lā: shā in the first (high, level) tone and lā in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Sarah in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 莎拉 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 莎拉 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 莎拉 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Sarah, 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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