boy’s name
Timothy in Chinese
蒂莫西
dì mò xī
Timothy is usually written 蒂莫西 in Chinese, pronounced dì mò xī. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Timothy, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 蒂 | dì | fourth (falling) tone | peduncle or stem of plants | 蒂 |
| 莫 | mò | fourth (falling) tone | do not, is not, can not; negative | 莫 |
| 西 | xī | first (high, level) tone | west; westward | 西 |
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 Timothy in Chinese
How do you write Timothy in Chinese?
Timothy is usually written 蒂莫西 in Chinese, pronounced dì mò xī. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Timothy, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 蒂莫西?
蒂莫西 is pronounced dì mò xī: dì in the fourth (falling) tone, mò in the fourth (falling) tone and xī in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Timothy in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 蒂莫西 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 蒂莫西 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 蒂莫西 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Timothy, 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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