Gregory in Chinese
格雷戈里
Gé léi gē lǐ
The male name Gregory is rendered in Chinese as 格雷戈里. These characters are chosen for their sound, not their meaning — together they approximate how Gregory is pronounced. In pinyin (the standard romanization of Mandarin) this reads Gé léi gē lǐ.
Character-by-character breakdown
In Chinese, Gregory is written with 4 characters, each standing for one syllable of the sound: 格 (Gé), 雷 (léi), 戈 (gē), 里 (lǐ). Each character here is a phonetic unit — picked for how it sounds, not for what it means — so read together they echo Gregory rather than spelling out a literal meaning.
Origin & meaning of Gregory
Gregory is a name of Greek origin. From the Greek Gregorios, meaning "watchful" or "alert."
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Chinese rendering follows standard transliteration conventions · for reference