girl’s name
Stella in Chinese
斯特拉
sī tè lā
Stella is usually written 斯特拉 in Chinese, pronounced sī tè lā. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Stella, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 斯 | sī | first (high, level) tone | this, thus, such; to lop off | 斯 |
| 特 | tè | fourth (falling) tone | special, unique, distinguished | 特 |
| 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 Stella in Chinese
How do you write Stella in Chinese?
Stella is usually written 斯特拉 in Chinese, pronounced sī tè lā. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Stella, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 斯特拉?
斯特拉 is pronounced sī tè lā: sī in the first (high, level) tone, tè in the fourth (falling) tone and lā in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Stella in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 斯特拉 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 斯特拉 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 斯特拉 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Stella, 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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