Netherlands in Chinese

荷兰

Hé lán

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Netherlands is written in Chinese as 荷兰. In Mandarin Chinese, this is pronounced Hé lán — a phonetic rendering that follows standard transliteration conventions used in Chinese media and official documents.

Character-by-character pronunciation

荷Hé
兰lán

荷兰 is written with 2 characters: 荷 (Hé), 兰 (lán). Each character represents one syllable of the phonetic approximation of Netherlands.

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Chinese rendering follows standard transliteration conventions · for reference