孙阳黎 Sūn Yánglí
- 孙 sūn Family name
- 阳 yáng sun
- 黎 lí multitude
孙 is a common family name; 阳 and 黎 echo yà lì, how Chinese begins Alexis (亚历克西斯).

亚历克西斯 Yàlìkèxīsī
我叫亚历克西斯。 Wǒ jiào Yàlìkèxīsī. My name is Alexis.
Alexis en chino se escribe 亚历克西斯 (Yàlìkèxīsī).
孙阳黎 Sūn Yánglí
孙 is a common family name; 阳 and 黎 echo yà lì, how Chinese begins Alexis (亚历克西斯).
马雅黎 Mǎ Yǎlí
马 is a common family name; 雅 and 黎 echo yà lì, how Chinese begins Alexis (亚历克西斯).
郭扬丽 Guō Yánglì
郭 is a common family name; 扬 and 丽 echo yà lì, how Chinese begins Alexis (亚历克西斯).
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Alexis is 亚历克西斯 (Yàlìkèxīsī) in Chinese. To say “My name is Alexis”, say 我叫亚历克西斯 (Wǒ jiào Yàlìkèxīsī).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 亚历克西斯 for how it sounds, Yàlìkèxīsī, close to Alexis. On its own, 亚 means Asia, 历 to go through, 克 gram and 西 west.
Alexis is written 亚历克西斯, 5 characters: 亚 (6 strokes), 历 (4 strokes), 克 (7 strokes), 西 (6 strokes), 斯 (12 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.