girl’s name
Victoria in Chinese
维多利亚
wéi duō lì yà · traditional 維多利亞
Victoria is usually written 维多利亚 in Chinese, pronounced wéi duō lì yà. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Victoria, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 维 | wéi | second (rising) tone | maintain, preserve, safeguard | 維 |
| 多 | duō | first (high, level) tone | much, many; more than, over | 多 |
| 利 | lì | fourth (falling) tone | gains, advantage, profit, merit | 利 |
| 亚 | yà | fourth (falling) tone | Asia; second | 亞 |
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 Victoria in Chinese
How do you write Victoria in Chinese?
Victoria is usually written 维多利亚 in Chinese, pronounced wéi duō lì yà. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Victoria, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 维多利亚?
维多利亚 is pronounced wéi duō lì yà: wéi in the second (rising) tone, duō in the first (high, level) tone, lì in the fourth (falling) tone and yà in the fourth (falling) tone.
How do you write Victoria in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, it is written 維多利亞.
Is 维多利亚 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Victoria, 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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