李奥笛 Lǐ Àodí
- 李 lǐ Family name
- 奥 ào profound
- 笛 dí flute
李 is a common family name; 奥 and 笛 echo ān dí, how Chinese begins Andy (安迪).
安迪 Āndí
我叫安迪。 Wǒ jiào Āndí. My name is Andy.
李奥笛 Lǐ Àodí
李 is a common family name; 奥 and 笛 echo ān dí, how Chinese begins Andy (安迪).
张安德 Zhāng Āndé
张 is a common family name; 安 and 德 echo ān dí, how Chinese begins Andy (安迪).
陈奥笛 Chén Àodí
陈 is a common family name; 奥 and 笛 echo ān dí, how Chinese begins Andy (安迪).
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Andy is 安迪 (Āndí) in Chinese. To say “My name is Andy”, say 我叫安迪 (Wǒ jiào Āndí).
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.