倪本思 Ní Běnsī
- 倪 ní Family name
- 本 běn root
- 思 sī to think
倪 is a common family name; 本 and 思 echo bèi sī, how Chinese begins Beth (贝丝).

贝丝 Bèisī
我叫贝丝。 Wǒ jiào Bèisī. My name is Beth.
Beth en chino se escribe 贝丝 (Bèisī).
倪本思 Ní Běnsī
倪 is a common family name; 本 and 思 echo bèi sī, how Chinese begins Beth (贝丝).
王贝素 Wáng Bèisù
王 is a common family name; 贝 and 素 echo bèi sī, how Chinese begins Beth (贝丝).
李蓓苏 Lǐ Bèisū
李 is a common family name; 蓓 and 苏 echo bèi sī, how Chinese begins Beth (贝丝).
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Beth is 贝丝 (Bèisī) in Chinese. To say “My name is Beth”, say 我叫贝丝 (Wǒ jiào Bèisī).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 贝丝 for how it sounds, Bèisī, close to Beth. On its own, 贝 means shellfish and 丝 silk.
Beth is written 贝丝, 2 characters: 贝 (4 strokes), 丝 (5 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.