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Tristan in Chinese
特里斯坦
tè lǐ sī tǎn
Tristan is usually written 特里斯坦 in Chinese, pronounced tè lǐ sī tǎn. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Tristan, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 特 | tè | fourth (falling) tone | special, unique, distinguished | 特 |
| 里 | lǐ | third (dipping) tone | unit of distance; village | 里 |
| 斯 | sī | first (high, level) tone | this, thus, such; to lop off | 斯 |
| 坦 | tǎn | third (dipping) tone | flat, smooth; self-possessed | 坦 |
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 Tristan in Chinese
How do you write Tristan in Chinese?
Tristan is usually written 特里斯坦 in Chinese, pronounced tè lǐ sī tǎn. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Tristan, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 特里斯坦?
特里斯坦 is pronounced tè lǐ sī tǎn: tè in the fourth (falling) tone, lǐ in the third (dipping) tone, sī in the first (high, level) tone and tǎn in the third (dipping) tone.
How do you write Tristan in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 特里斯坦 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 特里斯坦 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 特里斯坦 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Tristan, 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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