Sebastian in Chinese
The standard Chinese transliteration of Sebastian is 塞巴斯蒂安, pronounced Sāibāsīdì'ān. Hear it below, see what each character means, then try saying it yourself.
塞巴斯蒂安
Sāibāsīdì'ān
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Simplified (mainland China)
塞巴斯蒂安
Traditional (Taiwan, Hong Kong)
塞巴斯蒂安
Same in both scripts
塞巴斯蒂安
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Sāibāsīdì'ān
Character by character
to stuff; stopper
to hope for; to cling to
this; thus (classical)
stem (of fruit or flower)
peace; calm
About this transliteration
Five characters for three English syllables — one of the longest common name renderings.
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