任贝思 Rén Bèisī
- 任 rén Family name
- 贝 bèi shellfish
- 思 sī to think
任 is a common family name; 贝 and 思 echo bèi sà, how Chinese begins Bethany (贝萨妮).

贝萨妮 Bèisànī
我叫贝萨妮。 Wǒ jiào Bèisànī. My name is Bethany.
Bethany en chino se escribe 贝萨妮 (Bèisànī).
任贝思 Rén Bèisī
任 is a common family name; 贝 and 思 echo bèi sà, how Chinese begins Bethany (贝萨妮).
石蓓素 Shí Bèisù
石 is a common family name; 蓓 and 素 echo bèi sà, how Chinese begins Bethany (贝萨妮).
孔本苏 Kǒng Běnsū
孔 is a common family name; 本 and 苏 echo bèi sà, how Chinese begins Bethany (贝萨妮).
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Bethany is 贝萨妮 (Bèisànī) in Chinese. To say “My name is Bethany”, say 我叫贝萨妮 (Wǒ jiào Bèisànī).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 贝萨妮 for how it sounds, Bèisànī, close to Bethany. On its own, 贝 means shellfish and 妮 girl.
Bethany is written 贝萨妮, 3 characters: 贝 (4 strokes), 萨 (11 strokes), 妮 (8 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.