曹安笛 Cáo Āndí
- 曹 cáo Family name
- 安 ān safe
- 笛 dí flute
曹 is a common family name; 安 and 笛 echo ā dé, how Chinese begins Adrian (阿德里安).

阿德里安 Ādélǐ'ān
我叫阿德里安。 Wǒ jiào Ādélǐ'ān. My name is Adrian.
Adrian en chino se escribe 阿德里安 (Ādélǐ'ān).
曹安笛 Cáo Āndí
曹 is a common family name; 安 and 笛 echo ā dé, how Chinese begins Adrian (阿德里安).
彭奥笛 Péng Àodí
彭 is a common family name; 奥 and 笛 echo ā dé, how Chinese begins Adrian (阿德里安).
蒋安笛 Jiǎng Āndí
蒋 is a common family name; 安 and 笛 echo ā dé, how Chinese begins Adrian (阿德里安).
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Adrian is 阿德里安 (Ādélǐ'ān) in Chinese. To say “My name is Adrian”, say 我叫阿德里安 (Wǒ jiào Ādélǐ'ān).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 阿德里安 for how it sounds, Ādélǐ'ān, close to Adrian. On its own, 德 means virtue, 里 inside and 安 safe.
Adrian is written 阿德里安, 4 characters: 阿 (7 strokes), 德 (15 strokes), 里 (7 strokes), 安 (6 strokes). Each is drawn stroke by stroke on this page, in the order you write it.
By sound, with characters picked for how they are said: Michael is 迈克尔 (Màikè’ěr). Newspapers, subtitles and books use one usual form for each common name.
A name made the Chinese way: a one-character family name first, then one or two characters picked for their meaning. Many learners use one in class.
It’s a starting point. Ask a Chinese speaker or teacher before you put it on anything that lasts, like a tattoo or a document.
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chinese writes some names more than one way.