艾莉
Ài Lì · tones 4-4
Meaning: mugwort + jasmine
Character breakdown
Each character in 艾莉 on its own — radical, stroke count, and core meaning.
- 艾ài
- Radical
- 艹
- Strokes
- 5
- Meaning
- mugwort, end
- 莉lì
- Radical
- 艹
- Strokes
- 10
- Meaning
- jasmine
How it sounds
Tone pattern 4-4 (falling + falling).
Two falling tones. Emphatic — strong and direct, but can sound heavy on certain surnames.
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
2-character given name
Standard structure for modern Chinese names. Pairs naturally with most common single-character surnames (王, 李, 张, 陈, 刘) for a 3-character full name. Always read the full name aloud with your surname before finalizing to check for accidental homophones.