希尔顿

Hilton is phonetically rendered as 希尔顿 (Xī ěr dùn) in Chinese. 希 means 'to hope/rare', 尔 is a classical second-person pronoun, and 顿 means 'suddenly/a pause'. The name has a refined, classical quality in Chinese, fitting for a luxury hotel brand founded in 1919.

Character-by-character pronunciation

希尔顿 uses 3 characters to represent the brand name in Chinese. Each character contributes to the phonetic or semantic rendering.