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Austin in Chinese
奥斯汀
ào sī tīng · traditional 奧斯汀
Austin is usually written 奥斯汀 in Chinese, pronounced ào sī tīng. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Austin, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 奥 | ào | fourth (falling) tone | mysterious, obscure, profound | 奧 |
| 斯 | sī | first (high, level) tone | this, thus, such; to lop off | 斯 |
| 汀 | tīng | first (high, level) tone | sandbar, beach, bank, shore | 汀 |
Readings and meanings come from the Unicode Han Database (Unihan). In a transliterated name, the meanings of the characters are not read as a sentence.
Questions about Austin in Chinese
How do you write Austin in Chinese?
Austin is usually written 奥斯汀 in Chinese, pronounced ào sī tīng. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Austin, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 奥斯汀?
奥斯汀 is pronounced ào sī tīng: ào in the fourth (falling) tone, sī in the first (high, level) tone and tīng in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Austin in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, it is written 奧斯汀.
Is 奥斯汀 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Austin, so Chinese readers will recognise it as a foreign name. If you would like a name that looks Chinese, our free generator also suggests names chosen for their meaning.
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