丽贝卡

The female name Rebecca is rendered in Chinese as 丽贝卡. These characters are chosen for their sound, not their meaning — together they approximate how Rebecca is pronounced. In pinyin (the standard romanization of Mandarin) this reads Lì bèi kǎ.

Character-by-character breakdown

In Chinese, Rebecca is written with 3 characters, each standing for one syllable of the sound: 丽 (Lì), 贝 (bèi), 卡 (kǎ). Each character here is a phonetic unit — picked for how it sounds, not for what it means — so read together they echo Rebecca rather than spelling out a literal meaning.

Origin & meaning of Rebecca

Rebecca is a name of Hebrew origin. From the Hebrew Rivkah, traditionally linked to "to bind" — perhaps "captivating."