陈爱琳 Chén Àilín
- 陈 chén Family name
- 爱 ài to love
- 琳 lín fine jade
陈 is a common family name; 爱 and 琳 echo ài lì, how Chinese begins Alyssa (艾丽莎).

艾丽莎 Àilìshā
我叫艾丽莎。 Wǒ jiào Àilìshā. My name is Alyssa.
Alyssa en chino se escribe 艾丽莎 (Àilìshā).
Alisha is written 艾丽莎 too.
陈爱琳 Chén Àilín
陈 is a common family name; 爱 and 琳 echo ài lì, how Chinese begins Alyssa (艾丽莎).
杨艾黎 Yáng Àilí
杨 is a common family name; 艾 and 黎 echo ài lì, how Chinese begins Alyssa (艾丽莎).
黄奥林 Huáng Àolín
黄 is a common family name; 奥 and 林 echo ài lì, how Chinese begins Alyssa (艾丽莎).
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Alyssa is 艾丽莎 (Àilìshā) in Chinese. To say “My name is Alyssa”, say 我叫艾丽莎 (Wǒ jiào Àilìshā).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 艾丽莎 for how it sounds, Àilìshā, close to Alyssa. On its own, 艾 means mugwort and 丽 beautiful.
Alyssa is written 艾丽莎, 3 characters: 艾 (5 strokes), 丽 (7 strokes), 莎 (10 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.