Sean in Chinese
肖恩
Xiào ēn
The male name Sean is rendered in Chinese as 肖恩. These characters are chosen for their sound, not their meaning — together they approximate how Sean is pronounced. In pinyin (the standard romanization of Mandarin) this reads Xiào ēn.
Character-by-character breakdown
In Chinese, Sean is written with 2 characters, each standing for one syllable of the sound: 肖 (Xiào), 恩 (ēn). Each character here is a phonetic unit — picked for how it sounds, not for what it means — so read together they echo Sean rather than spelling out a literal meaning.
Origin & meaning of Sean
Sean is a name of Irish origin. The Irish form of John, meaning "God is gracious."
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Chinese rendering follows standard transliteration conventions · for reference