English name in Chinese

Demetrius 迪米特里厄斯 dí mǐ tè lǐ è sī

The usual Chinese spelling of Demetrius is 迪米特里厄斯 (dí mǐ tè lǐ è sī).

Characters: 6 Pinyin: dí mǐ tè lǐ è sī Usage: not tied to a gender
dí mǐ tè lǐ è sī

Character by character

迪
dí

enlighten, advance; progress

米
mǐ

hulled or husked uncooked rice

特
tè

special, unique, distinguished

里
lǐ

unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166

厄
è

adversity, difficulty, distress

斯
sī

this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle

How it reads

This is a transliteration: the characters were chosen because they sound like Demetrius. Chinese readers will hear your English name in it, which is the point — you will see this spelling in news, subtitles, and sports commentary. It is not a name a Chinese family would sit down and choose, and it does not carry a wish the way a native given name usually does.

Using it as your name

Written this way, 迪米特里厄斯 works as a given name on its own, and you can add a surname in front of it. If you would rather have a name chosen for meaning — one that reads as Chinese rather than as an imported spelling — the Finder builds options from characters with documented meanings and shows you where each one comes from. Already using a Chinese name? Check it for tones, homophones, and famous-name collisions.

Source

ename.dict.cn 英文名大全 · /list/all/D/5

Spellings on this page are collected from published lists and from names real foreigners use in China. They are a reference, not a recommendation: a name you can explain is better than a name that merely matches a dictionary.