girl’s name
Cindy in Chinese
辛迪
xīn dí
Cindy is usually written 辛迪 in Chinese, pronounced xīn dí. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Cindy, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 辛 | xīn | first (high, level) tone | bitter; toilsome, laborious | 辛 |
| 迪 | dí | second (rising) tone | enlighten, advance; progress | 迪 |
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 Cindy in Chinese
How do you write Cindy in Chinese?
Cindy is usually written 辛迪 in Chinese, pronounced xīn dí. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Cindy, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 辛迪?
辛迪 is pronounced xīn dí: xīn in the first (high, level) tone and dí in the second (rising) tone.
How do you write Cindy in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 辛迪 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 辛迪 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 辛迪 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Cindy, 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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