girl’s name
Vanessa in Chinese
凡妮莎
fán nī shā
Vanessa is usually written 凡妮莎 in Chinese, pronounced fán nī shā. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Vanessa, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 凡 | fán | second (rising) tone | all, any, every; ordinary, common | 凡 |
| 妮 | nī | first (high, level) tone | maid, servant girl; cute girl | 妮 |
| 莎 | shā | first (high, level) tone | kind of sedge grass, used anciently for raincoat | 莎 |
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 Vanessa in Chinese
How do you write Vanessa in Chinese?
Vanessa is usually written 凡妮莎 in Chinese, pronounced fán nī shā. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Vanessa, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 凡妮莎?
凡妮莎 is pronounced fán nī shā: fán in the second (rising) tone, nī in the first (high, level) tone and shā in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Vanessa in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 凡妮莎 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 凡妮莎 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 凡妮莎 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Vanessa, 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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