Israel in Chinese

以色列

Yǐ sè liè

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Israel is written in Chinese as 以色列. In Mandarin Chinese, this is pronounced Yǐ sè liè — a phonetic rendering that follows standard transliteration conventions used in Chinese media and official documents.

Character-by-character pronunciation

以Yǐ
色sè
列liè

以色列 is written with 3 characters: 以 (Yǐ), 色 (sè), 列 (liè). Each character represents one syllable of the phonetic approximation of Israel.

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Chinese rendering follows standard transliteration conventions · for reference