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聖誕 is how to write Christmas in Chinese.
The original meaning was the Emperor's Birthday (and sometimes Confucius' birthday), but in modern times, this is almost exclusively used to refer to the western religious holiday of Christmas.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 聖誕 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
聖誕 圣诞 see styles |
shèng dàn sheng4 dan4 sheng tan shōtan |
More info & calligraphy: Christmasemperor's birthday |
聖誕快樂 圣诞快乐 see styles |
shèng dàn kuài lè sheng4 dan4 kuai4 le4 sheng tan k`uai le sheng tan kuai le |
More info & calligraphy: Merry Christmas |
聖誕卡 圣诞卡 see styles |
shèng dàn kǎ sheng4 dan4 ka3 sheng tan k`a sheng tan ka |
Christmas card |
聖誕島 圣诞岛 see styles |
shèng dàn dǎo sheng4 dan4 dao3 sheng tan tao |
Christmas Island, Australia |
聖誕樹 圣诞树 see styles |
shèng dàn shù sheng4 dan4 shu4 sheng tan shu |
Christmas tree |
聖誕祭 see styles |
seitansai / setansai せいたんさい |
(1) (See クリスマス) Christmas; (2) holy birthday |
聖誕節 圣诞节 see styles |
shèng dàn jié sheng4 dan4 jie2 sheng tan chieh |
Christmas time; Christmas season; Christmas |
聖誕紅 圣诞红 see styles |
shèng dàn hóng sheng4 dan4 hong2 sheng tan hung |
poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) |
聖誕花 圣诞花 see styles |
shèng dàn huā sheng4 dan4 hua1 sheng tan hua |
poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) |
聖誕頌 圣诞颂 see styles |
shèng dàn sòng sheng4 dan4 song4 sheng tan sung |
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens |
聖誕前夕 圣诞前夕 see styles |
shèng dàn qián xī sheng4 dan4 qian2 xi1 sheng tan ch`ien hsi sheng tan chien hsi |
Christmas eve |
聖誕老人 圣诞老人 see styles |
shèng dàn lǎo rén sheng4 dan4 lao3 ren2 sheng tan lao jen |
Father Christmas; Santa Claus |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Christmas | 聖誕 圣诞 | shèng dàn sheng4 dan4 sheng dan shengdan | sheng tan shengtan |
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Merry Christmas | 聖誕快樂 圣诞快乐 | shèng dàn kuài lè sheng4 dan4 kuai4 le4 sheng dan kuai le shengdankuaile | sheng tan k`uai le shengtankuaile sheng tan kuai le |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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