席琳迪 (Xílíndí): Celine Di- (truncated translite…

Meanings

1 Celine Di- (truncated transliteration, most often part of 席琳·迪翁 'Céline Dion')
2 phonetic rendering of foreign feminine names beginning with Celine/Selene + di-

Characters

席

to enlighten; to guide

Examples

席琳迪是个外国名字。

Xílíndí shì gè wàiguó míngzi.

Xilindi is a foreign name.

她叫席琳迪，来自加拿大。

Tā jiào Xílíndí, láizì Jiānádà.

Her name is Celine Di-, she's from Canada.

Tips

culture

Almost always seen as the front of 席琳·迪翁 (Xílín · Díwēng), the Mandarin transliteration of Canadian singer Céline Dion (《My Heart Will Go On》, the Titanic theme). 席琳 = 'Celine', 迪 = 'Di-'. As a standalone three-character string this most often appears in subtitles or fan text where the dot or last syllable was dropped.

memory

席 'xí' = 'ce/se', 琳 'lín' = 'line', 迪 'dí' = 'di'. The 琳 character ('beautiful jade') is a popular choice for feminine transliterations (also in 凯瑟琳 Catherine, 卡特琳娜 Catalina).