Chinese
names are used in China and in Chinese communities throughout the world. Note that depending on the
Chinese characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here. See also
about Chinese names.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
BAKU 巴库 (Settlement) Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, UyghurFrom Azerbaijani
Bakı from Persian باکو
(baku), which is of uncertain meaning. One popular etymology suggests that it means "wind-pounded city" from Persian باد
(bad) meaning "wind" and کوبیدن
(kubidan) meaning "to pound, to beat" (given in reference to the area's storms and high winds)...
[more] BALI 巴厘 (Political Subdivision & Island) Indonesian, Balinese, Acehnese, Javanese, Malay, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Kazakh, Latvian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, UzbekDerived from Sanskrit बलि
(bali) meaning "offering, tribute". This is the name of an island and province in Indonesia.
BAODING 保定 (Settlement) ChineseFrom Chinese 保 (bǎo) meaning "protection" and 定 (dìng) meaning "stable". This is the name of a city just south of Beijing in Hebei province.
BINGDAO 冰岛 (Country & Island) ChineseMeans "ice island" from Chinese 冰
(bīng) meaning "ice" and 島
(dǎo) meaning "island". This is the Chinese name for
Iceland.
CHENGDU 成都 (Settlement) Chinese, Afrikaans, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Filipino, TagalogFrom Chinese 成
(chéng) meaning "completed, finished, succeeded" and 都
(dū) meaning "capital city, large city", supposedly named during the city's founding by the ninth king of the Kaiming dyntasty of the ancient state of Shu...
[more] CHONGQING 重庆 (Settlement) Chinese, Afrikaans, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kurdish, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, TagalogFrom Chinese 重
(chóng) meaning "to double, to duplicate" and 庆
(qìng) meaning "celebration, to celebrate". This is the name of a city in China.
DAKA 达卡 (Settlement) Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chinese, Georgian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Korean, Kurdish, Macedonian, Persian, Serbian, Slovene, TajikForm of
DHAKA.
DEGUO 德国 (Country) ChineseFrom Chinese 德
(Dé), a short form of 德意志
(Déyìzhì), a name for Germany, and 国
(guó) meaning "country". This is the modern Chinese name for
Germany.
DELI 德里 (Settlement) Armenian, Belarusian, Chinese, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Thai, Turkmen, UkrainianForm of
DELHI.
DENGJIALOU 登嘉楼 (Political Subdivision) ChineseChinese form of
TERENGGANU, chosen specifically for the characters 登
(dēng) meaning "rise, ascend", 嘉
(jiā) meaning "excellent", and 樓
(lóu) meaning "floor, level"...
[more] FAGUO 法国 (Country) ChineseFrom Chinese 法
(Fǎ), a shortened form of 法兰西
(Fǎlánxī) or
(Fàlánxī), a poetic name for France, and 国
(guó) meaning "country"...
[more] HEISHAN 黑山 (Country, Political Subdivision & Settlement) ChineseMeans "black mountain" in Chinese, from 黑
(hēi) meaning "black" and 山
(shān) meaning "mountain", used as the Chinese name for
Montenegro (derived from a calque of the country's Montenegrin and Serbo-Croatian name,
Crna Gora)...
[more] JIAPENG 加蓬, 加彭 (Country) ChineseChinese form of
GABON. 加蓬
(Jiāpéng) is the spelling used in mainland China while 加彭
(Jiāpéng) is more common in Taiwan.
JIEKE 捷克 (Country) ChineseChinese form of
ČECHY, used as a name for the Czech Republic.
JUGANG 巨港 (Settlement) ChineseFrom Chinese 巨
(jù) meaning "big, enormous" and 港
(gǎng) meaning "port, harbour". This is the Chinese name for
Palembang.
LANAO 拉瑙 (Political Subdivision & Body of Water) Filipino, Cebuano, Tagalog, Ilocano, Pampangan, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, UkrainianFrom Maranao
ranaw meaning "lake, body of water". This is the name of a lake and two provinces in the southern Philippines.
LASA 拉萨 (Settlement) Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Greek, Hebrew, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malayalam, Punjabi, Serbian, Slovene, Uyghur, ThaiForm of
LHASA.
LIYADE 利雅得, 利雅德 (Settlement) ChineseChinese form of
RIYADH. 利雅得
(Lìyǎdé) is the spelling used in mainland China while 利雅德
(Lìyǎdé) is more common in Taiwan.
MALI 馬里 (Country) Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Tatar, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, UzbekFrom the name of the Mali Empire, which was derived from Mandinka or Bambara
mali meaning "hippopotamus" or "the place where the king lives". This is the name of a landlocked country in West Africa.
MANILA 雅加达 (Settlement) Filipino, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Maranao, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, UzbekFrom Tagalog
Maynila derived from the term
may-nilà meaning "where indigo is found", ultimately from Sanskrit नील
(nī́la) referring to the indigo plant. This is the name of the capital city of the
Philippines.
MEIGUO 美国 (Country) ChineseFrom Chinese 美
(Měi) meaning "America" and 国
(guó) meaning "country". This is the Chinese name for the United States of
America.
NAMIBIYA 纳米比亚 (Country) Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese, Indian, Hindi, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Persian, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, UzbekForm of
NAMIBIA.
NINGXIA 宁夏 (Political Subdivision) Chinese, Afrikaans, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Kurdish, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, TagalogFrom Chinese 宁
(níng) meaning "peaceful, calm, serene" and 夏
(xià) referring to the Western Xia, an empire that existed from 1038 to 1227...
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