孔耀黎 Kǒng Yàolí
- 孔 kǒng Family name
- 耀 yào to shine
- 黎 lí multitude
孔 is a common family name; 耀 and 黎 echo yà lì, how Chinese begins Alejandro (亚历杭德罗).

亚历杭德罗 Yàlìhángdéluó
我叫亚历杭德罗。 Wǒ jiào Yàlìhángdéluó. My name is Alejandro.
Alejandro en chino se escribe 亚历杭德罗 (Yàlìhángdéluó).
孔耀黎 Kǒng Yàolí
孔 is a common family name; 耀 and 黎 echo yà lì, how Chinese begins Alejandro (亚历杭德罗).
白阳林 Bái Yánglín
白 is a common family name; 阳 and 林 echo yà lì, how Chinese begins Alejandro (亚历杭德罗).
邱扬力 Qiū Yánglì
邱 is a common family name; 扬 and 力 echo yà lì, how Chinese begins Alejandro (亚历杭德罗).
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Alejandro is 亚历杭德罗 (Yàlìhángdéluó) in Chinese. To say “My name is Alejandro”, say 我叫亚历杭德罗 (Wǒ jiào Yàlìhángdéluó).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 亚历杭德罗 for how it sounds, Yàlìhángdéluó, close to Alejandro. On its own, 亚 means Asia, 历 to go through, 德 virtue and 罗 net.
Alejandro is written 亚历杭德罗, 5 characters: 亚 (6 strokes), 历 (4 strokes), 杭 (8 strokes), 德 (15 strokes), 罗 (8 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.