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席琳迪

Xílíndí
proper noun #30,326

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 1
席琳迪是个外国名字。
Xílíndí shì gè wàiguó míngzi.
Xilindi is a foreign name.
HSK 2
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, the Mandarin transliteration of Canadian singer Céline Dion. 席琳 = 'Celine', 迪 = 'Di-'. As a standalone three-character string it most often appears in subtitles or fan text where the dot or last syllable was dropped.
memory
席 = 'ce/se', 琳 = 'line', 迪 = 'di'. The 琳 character ('beautiful jade') is a popular choice for feminine transliterations, also in 凯瑟琳 (Catherine).

Stroke Order

席 xí
琳 lín
迪 dí