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Chinese name to pinyin
Type a Chinese name and get it in English letters, the way names are written: 王小明 is Wang Xiaoming.
In English letters
The name shows here as you type it.
How names are written
The family name comes first and is written apart; the given name is one word: 王小明 is Wáng Xiǎomíng. In English the order is often turned round, Xiaoming Wang, and the tone marks are left off. A syllable starting with a, o or e after another takes an apostrophe: Xiao’e.
Family names
Some characters are read another way as a family name: 曾 is Zēng, not céng; 单 is Shàn, 解 Xiè, 查 Zhā, 仇 Qiú. Two-character family names, like 欧阳 and 诸葛, stay together.
Passports
Chinese passports write the name in capitals with no tones, family name first, and ü after l or n as YU: 吕 is LYU.