丹尼斯
Dānnísī
丹尼斯 (Dānnísī) is the Chinese way to say the male given name Dennis.
Meaning: male given name (name)
Which one should you use?
丹尼斯 is the standard transliteration, while 邓尼斯 is a more formal way to write the name.
How do you pronounce it?
The romanization is Dānnísī.
Did you know?
- Chinese speakers may struggle to pronounce the final 's' sound in 丹尼斯, often adding a slight vowel sound at the end to make it 'Dānnísī'.
- The character 丹 (dān) used in the transliteration means 'red' or 'cinnabar', which is a color often associated with luck and vitality in Chinese culture.
- The character 斯 used at the end of 丹尼斯 is a very common 'filler' character used in hundreds of foreign name transliterations, from 'James' to 'Louis'.
Examples in context
- 威爾遜先生對丹尼斯很生氣。Mr. Wilson is angry at Dennis.This sentence shows how to use 丹尼斯 when expressing that someone is angry at a person named Dennis.Tatoeba #860759 by Martha, translation #542097 by CN
- 丹尼斯是我的好朋友。Dānísī shì wǒ de hǎo péngyǒu.Dennis is my good friend.
- 你認識丹尼斯嗎？Nǐ rènshì Dānísī ma?Do you know Dennis?
Example conversation
Two colleagues are talking about a coworker in the office.
- 浩然 Haoran丹尼斯今天沒來上班嗎？Dānísī jīntiān méi lái shàngbān ma?Is Dennis not coming to work today?
- 雨婷 Yuting是的，他今天請假了。Shì de, tā jīntiān qǐngjià le.Yes, he took a day off today.
- 浩然 Haoran他生病了嗎？Tā shēngbìng le ma?Is he sick?
- 雨婷 Yuting聽說他感冒了。Tīngshuō tā gǎnmào le.I heard he has a cold.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “dennis” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
