Ruth in Chinese
露丝
Lù sī
The female name Ruth is rendered in Chinese as 露丝. These characters are chosen for their sound, not their meaning — together they approximate how Ruth is pronounced. In pinyin (the standard romanization of Mandarin) this reads Lù sī.
Character-by-character breakdown
In Chinese, Ruth is written with 2 characters, each standing for one syllable of the sound: 露 (Lù), 丝 (sī). Each character here is a phonetic unit — picked for how it sounds, not for what it means — so read together they echo Ruth rather than spelling out a literal meaning.
Origin & meaning of Ruth
Ruth is a name of Hebrew origin. From the Hebrew Ruth, meaning "companion" or "friend."
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Chinese rendering follows standard transliteration conventions · for reference