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Sebastian in Chinese
塞巴斯蒂安
sài bā sī dì ān
Sebastian is usually written 塞巴斯蒂安 in Chinese, pronounced sài bā sī dì ān. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Sebastian, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 塞 | sài | fourth (falling) tone | stop up, block, seal, cork; pass, frontier | 塞 |
| 巴 | bā | first (high, level) tone | greatly desire, anxiously hope | 巴 |
| 斯 | sī | first (high, level) tone | this, thus, such; to lop off | 斯 |
| 蒂 | dì | fourth (falling) tone | peduncle or stem of plants | 蒂 |
| 安 | ān | first (high, level) tone | peaceful, tranquil, quiet | 安 |
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 Sebastian in Chinese
How do you write Sebastian in Chinese?
Sebastian is usually written 塞巴斯蒂安 in Chinese, pronounced sài bā sī dì ān. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Sebastian, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 塞巴斯蒂安?
塞巴斯蒂安 is pronounced sài bā sī dì ān: sài in the fourth (falling) tone, bā in the first (high, level) tone, sī in the first (high, level) tone, dì in the fourth (falling) tone and ān in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Sebastian in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 塞巴斯蒂安 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 塞巴斯蒂安 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 塞巴斯蒂安 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Sebastian, 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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