Matthew in Chinese
马修
Mǎ xiū
The male name Matthew is rendered in Chinese as 马修. These characters are chosen for their sound, not their meaning — together they approximate how Matthew is pronounced. In pinyin (the standard romanization of Mandarin) this reads Mǎ xiū.
Character-by-character breakdown
In Chinese, Matthew is written with 2 characters, each standing for one syllable of the sound: 马 (Mǎ), 修 (xiū). Each character here is a phonetic unit — picked for how it sounds, not for what it means — so read together they echo Matthew rather than spelling out a literal meaning.
Origin & meaning of Matthew
Matthew is a name of Hebrew origin. From the Hebrew Mattityahu, meaning "gift of God."
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Chinese rendering follows standard transliteration conventions · for reference