Iran in Chinese

伊朗

Yī lǎng

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Iran is written in Chinese as 伊朗. In Mandarin Chinese, this is pronounced Yī lǎng — a phonetic rendering that follows standard transliteration conventions used in Chinese media and official documents.

Character-by-character pronunciation

伊Yī
朗lǎng

伊朗 is written with 2 characters: 伊 (Yī), 朗 (lǎng). Each character represents one syllable of the phonetic approximation of Iran.

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Chinese rendering follows standard transliteration conventions · for reference