赛利

賽利

Sàilì

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Meanings

1 Sally / Celie / Sari (phonetic transliteration of Western names)
2 generic two-syllable foreign-name rendering

Characters

race, match (phonetic here)

sharp, profit (phonetic here)

Examples

赛利从纽约来。

Sàilì cóng Niǔyuē lái.

Sally is from New York.

电影里的女主角叫赛利。

Diànyǐng lǐ de nǚzhǔjiǎo jiào Sàilì.

The female lead in the movie is called Sally.

Tips

usage

赛 (sài, race/match) handles the 'Sa-' opening and 利 (lì, sharp/profit) handles the '-li' ending. This is a subtitle-style transliteration — the same name might be written 莎莉 or 萨利 in other contexts.

Stroke Order

赛 sài

利 lì