奥莉薇
Ào Lì Wēi · tones 4-4-1
Meaning: profound + jasmine + small/delicate
Character breakdown
Each character in 奥莉薇 on its own — radical, stroke count, and core meaning.
- 奥ào
- Radical
- 大
- Strokes
- 12
- Meaning
- profound, mystery
- 莉lì
- Radical
- 艹
- Strokes
- 10
- Meaning
- jasmine
- 薇wēi
- Radical
- 艹
- Strokes
- 16
- Meaning
- rose, fern
How it sounds
Tone pattern 4-4-1 (falling + falling + high-level).
falling → falling → high-level. Multi-character names carry more rhythm — read the full name aloud with your intended surname before finalizing.
Style: transliteration-standard
A standard phonetic match for the English name (used in Chinese Bibles, news translations, official documents). Useful when you want clear English-to-Chinese identifiability.
Pairing with a surname
3-character given name
Three-character given names are rare in mainland China after the 1990s. They give substantial weight — appropriate for traditional family lineages with generation characters. Pair with a single-character surname for a 4-character full name.