New York in Chinese

纽约

Niǔ yuē

City in United States

The city of New York (United States) is written in Chinese as 纽约. In Mandarin Chinese, this is pronounced Niǔ yuē — a phonetic rendering that follows standard transliteration conventions used in Chinese media and official documents.

Character-by-character pronunciation

Niǔ
yuē

纽约 is written with 2 characters: (Niǔ), (yuē). Each character represents one syllable of the phonetic approximation of New York.

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Chinese rendering follows standard transliteration conventions · for reference