girl’s name
Tiffany in Chinese
蒂芙尼
dì fú ní
Tiffany is usually written 蒂芙尼 in Chinese, pronounced dì fú ní. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Tiffany, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 蒂 | dì | fourth (falling) tone | peduncle or stem of plants | 蒂 |
| 芙 | fú | second (rising) tone | hibiscus | 芙 |
| 尼 | ní | second (rising) tone | Buddhist nun; transliteration | 尼 |
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 Tiffany in Chinese
How do you write Tiffany in Chinese?
Tiffany is usually written 蒂芙尼 in Chinese, pronounced dì fú ní. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Tiffany, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 蒂芙尼?
蒂芙尼 is pronounced dì fú ní: dì in the fourth (falling) tone, fú in the second (rising) tone and ní in the second (rising) tone.
How do you write Tiffany in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 蒂芙尼 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 蒂芙尼 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 蒂芙尼 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Tiffany, 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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