Santiago in Chinese

The standard Chinese transliteration of Santiago is 圣地亚哥, pronounced Shèngdìyàgē. Hear it below, see what each character means, then try saying it yourself.

圣地亚哥

Shèngdìyàgē

Character by character

shèngT4

holy; sage

T4

earth; place

T4

second; Asia (abbrev.)

T1

elder brother

About this transliteration

Same four characters as the cities of Santiago, Chile and San Diego's Spanish namesake; from 'Saint James'.

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