卡斯蒂

Kǎsīdì

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Meanings

1 Casti / Castille / Casty (transliteration of foreign names)
2 fragment used in Castile / Castilian / Castiglione transliterations

Characters

card (transliteration syllable ka-)

this (transliteration syllable -s-)

stalk of a flower (transliteration syllable -ti)

Examples

卡斯蒂是西班牙的姓氏。

Kǎsīdì shì Xībānyá de xìngshì.

Casti is a Spanish surname.

电影里的角色叫卡斯蒂。

Diànyǐng lǐ de juésè jiào Kǎsīdì.

The character in the film is called Casti.

Tips

culture

A truncated transliteration. The full Spanish region 'Castile' is rendered 卡斯蒂利亚 (Kǎsīdìlìyà), so 卡斯蒂 is often the first three syllables of a longer name (Castiglione, Castillo, Castilho). 卡 ('kǎ') and 斯 ('sī') are workhorse transliteration characters; 蒂 ('dì', 'stalk of a flower') typically renders the syllable '-ti-' in foreign names.

Stroke Order

卡 kǎ

斯 sī

蒂 dì