Santa Claus in Chinese (Mandarin): 圣诞老人 (shèngdànlǎorén)
圣诞老人
shèngdànlǎorén
Santa Claus
- Simplified
- 圣诞老人
- Traditional
- 聖誕老人
- Pinyin
- shèngdànlǎorén
- Typed as
- shengdanlaoren
Use it in a sentence
圣诞老人送礼物。
聖誕老人送禮物。
Santa Claus gives presents.
The characters in 圣诞老人
圣 / 聖
Holy, saint.
5 strokes
诞 / 誕
Birth. 讠 (speech) is on the left.
8 strokes
老
Old.
6 strokes
人
Person.
2 strokes
圣诞 is "holy birth", Christmas, so 圣诞老人 is the "old man of Christmas". Merry Christmas is 圣诞快乐 (Shèngdàn kuàilè).
More examples with 圣诞老人
圣诞老人有白胡子。
聖誕老人有白胡子。
Shèngdàn lǎorén yǒu bái húzi.
Santa Claus has a white beard.
圣诞快乐！
聖誕快樂！
Shèngdàn kuàilè!
Merry Christmas!
How to write 圣诞老人 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
圣 5 strokes
诞 8 strokes
老 6 strokes
人 2 strokes
In Traditional characters:
聖 13 strokes
誕 13 strokes
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