方恩思 Fāng Ēnsī
- 方 fāng Family name
- 恩 ēn kindness
- 思 sī to think
方 is a common family name; 恩 and 思 for Austin’s a vowel and S.
奥斯汀 Àosītīng
我叫奥斯汀。 Wǒ jiào Àosītīng. My name is Austin.
方恩思 Fāng Ēnsī
方 is a common family name; 恩 and 思 for Austin’s a vowel and S.
曾安松 Zēng Ānsōng
曾 is a common family name; 安 and 松 for Austin’s a vowel and S.
谢恩松 Xiè Ēnsōng
谢 is a common family name; 恩 and 松 for Austin’s a vowel and S.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Austin is 奥斯汀 (Àosītīng) in Chinese. To say “My name is Austin”, say 我叫奥斯汀 (Wǒ jiào Àosītīng).
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.