张安笛 Zhāng Āndí
- 张 zhāng Family name
- 安 ān safe
- 笛 dí flute
张 is a common family name; 安 and 笛 echo ài dān, how Chinese begins Aidan (艾丹).

艾丹 Àidān
我叫艾丹。 Wǒ jiào Àidān. My name is Aidan.
Aidan en chino se escribe 艾丹 (Àidān).
张安笛 Zhāng Āndí
张 is a common family name; 安 and 笛 echo ài dān, how Chinese begins Aidan (艾丹).
陈奥德 Chén Àodé
陈 is a common family name; 奥 and 德 echo ài dān, how Chinese begins Aidan (艾丹).
杨安笛 Yáng Āndí
杨 is a common family name; 安 and 笛 echo ài dān, how Chinese begins Aidan (艾丹).
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Aidan is 艾丹 (Àidān) in Chinese. To say “My name is Aidan”, say 我叫艾丹 (Wǒ jiào Àidān).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 艾丹 for how it sounds, Àidān, close to Aidan. On its own, 艾 means mugwort and 丹 red.
Aidan is written 艾丹, 2 characters: 艾 (5 strokes), 丹 (4 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.