boy’s name
Zachary in Chinese
扎卡里
zhā kǎ lǐ
Zachary is usually written 扎卡里 in Chinese, pronounced zhā kǎ lǐ. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Zachary, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 扎 | zhā | first (high, level) tone | pull up; pierce | 扎 |
| 卡 | kǎ | third (dipping) tone | card, punch card; calorie | 卡 |
| 里 | lǐ | third (dipping) tone | unit of distance; village | 里 |
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 Zachary in Chinese
How do you write Zachary in Chinese?
Zachary is usually written 扎卡里 in Chinese, pronounced zhā kǎ lǐ. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Zachary, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 扎卡里?
扎卡里 is pronounced zhā kǎ lǐ: zhā in the first (high, level) tone, kǎ in the third (dipping) tone and lǐ in the third (dipping) tone.
How do you write Zachary in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 扎卡里 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 扎卡里 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 扎卡里 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Zachary, 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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