王安宁 Wáng Ānníng
- 王 wáng Family name
- 安 ān safe
- 宁 níng peaceful
王 is a common family name; 安 and 宁 for Anthony’s a vowel and N.
安东尼 Āndōngní
我叫安东尼。 Wǒ jiào Āndōngní. My name is Anthony.
王安宁 Wáng Ānníng
王 is a common family name; 安 and 宁 for Anthony’s a vowel and N.
李恩诺 Lǐ Ēnnuò
李 is a common family name; 恩 and 诺 for Anthony’s a vowel and N.
沈安宁 Shěn Ānníng
沈 is a common family name; 安 and 宁 for Anthony’s a vowel and N.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Anthony is 安东尼 (Āndōngní) in Chinese. To say “My name is Anthony”, say 我叫安东尼 (Wǒ jiào Āndōngní).
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.
Pinyin chart: every syllable, all four tones. Chinese words: the HSK list, one page each. Read any Mandarin: point at a word for its meaning.
Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese writes some names more than one way.