赛琳

Céline is phonetically rendered as 赛琳 (Sài lín) in Chinese. 赛 means 'competition/to surpass' and 琳 means 'beautiful jade/tinkling of gems'. Together 'surpassing beautiful jade' has a competitive luxury feel. The French fashion house was founded in 1945 by Céline Vipiana. Under Phoebe Philo's creative direction (2008-2018), Céline became synonymous with quiet luxury and minimalist design.

Character-by-character pronunciation

赛琳 uses 2 characters to represent the brand name in Chinese. Each character contributes to the phonetic or semantic rendering.