Sophia in Chinese
The standard Chinese transliteration of Sophia is 索菲娅, pronounced Suǒfēiyà. Hear it below, see what each character means, then try saying it yourself.
索菲娅
Suǒfēiyà
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Simplified (mainland China)
索菲娅
Traditional (Taiwan, Hong Kong)
索菲婭
索菲娅
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Suǒfēiyà
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rope; to search
fragrant; luxuriant
character used in female names
About this transliteration
Uses the woman-radical 娅, while Spanish Sofía is conventionally written with plain 亚.
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