贝蒂

The female name Betty is rendered in Chinese as 贝蒂. These characters are chosen for their sound, not their meaning — together they approximate how Betty is pronounced. In pinyin (the standard romanization of Mandarin) this reads Bèi dì.

Character-by-character breakdown

In Chinese, Betty is written with 2 characters, each standing for one syllable of the sound: 贝 (Bèi), 蒂 (dì). Each character here is a phonetic unit — picked for how it sounds, not for what it means — so read together they echo Betty rather than spelling out a literal meaning.

Origin & meaning of Betty

Betty is a name of Hebrew origin. A pet form of Elizabeth, meaning "God is my oath."