塞琳娜

Sàilínnà

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Meanings

1 Selina / Selena / Serena (female given name transliteration)

Characters

frontier (transliteration char; standard for 'Se-/Sa-')

fine jade (transliteration char; signals 'female')

graceful (transliteration char; signals 'female')

Examples

塞琳娜·戈麦斯是美国知名歌手。

Sàilínnà Gēmàisī shì Měiguó zhīmíng gēshǒu.

Selena Gomez is a well-known American singer.

网球明星塞琳娜赢得了大满贯。

Wǎngqiú míngxīng Sàilínnà yíngdé le Dà Mǎnguàn.

Tennis star Serena won the Grand Slam.

Tips

culture

From Greek Selēnē 'moon goddess'. The standard Chinese transliteration covers Selena Gomez (塞琳娜·戈麦斯), Serena Williams (often also 塞雷娜/小威), and the title witch of Marvel/various fantasy. The all-female ending 娜 nà and the soft 琳 lín signal 'female name' clearly to a Chinese reader.

Stroke Order

塞 sāi

琳 lín

娜 nà