English name in Chinese

Cecil 塞西尔 sāi xī ěr

The usual Chinese spelling of Cecil is 塞西尔 (sāi xī ěr).

Characters: 3 Pinyin: sāi xī ěr Usage: not tied to a gender Also written: 塞西
sāi xī ěr

Character by character

塞
sāi

stop up, block, seal, cork; pass, frontier; fortress

西
xī

west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146

尔
ěr

you; that, those; final particle

How it reads

This is a transliteration: the characters were chosen because they sound like Cecil. Chinese readers will hear your English name in it, which is the point — you will see this spelling in news, subtitles, and sports commentary. It is not a name a Chinese family would sit down and choose, and it does not carry a wish the way a native given name usually does.

Other spellings

Cecil is also written 塞西. Different sources pick different characters for the same syllables; the version on this page is the one our sources list most often.

Using it as your name

Written this way, 塞西尔 works as a given name on its own, and you can add a surname in front of it. If you would rather have a name chosen for meaning — one that reads as Chinese rather than as an imported spelling — the Finder builds options from characters with documented meanings and shows you where each one comes from. Already using a Chinese name? Check it for tones, homophones, and famous-name collisions.

Source

ename.dict.cn 英文名大全 · /list/all/C/5

Spellings on this page are collected from published lists and from names real foreigners use in China. They are a reference, not a recommendation: a name you can explain is better than a name that merely matches a dictionary.