孙碧岚 Sūn Bìlán
- 孙 sūn Family name
- 碧 bì blue-green
- 岚 lán mountain mist
孙 is a common family name; 碧 and 岚 echo bù lán, how Chinese begins Brandi (布兰迪).

布兰迪 Bùlándí
我叫布兰迪。 Wǒ jiào Bùlándí. My name is Brandi.
Brandi en chino se escribe 布兰迪 (Bùlándí).
Brandy is written 布兰迪 too.
孙碧岚 Sūn Bìlán
孙 is a common family name; 碧 and 岚 echo bù lán, how Chinese begins Brandi (布兰迪).
马冰兰 Mǎ Bīnglán
马 is a common family name; 冰 and 兰 echo bù lán, how Chinese begins Brandi (布兰迪).
郭贝岚 Guō Bèilán
郭 is a common family name; 贝 and 岚 echo bù lán, how Chinese begins Brandi (布兰迪).
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Brandi is 布兰迪 (Bùlándí) in Chinese. To say “My name is Brandi”, say 我叫布兰迪 (Wǒ jiào Bùlándí).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 布兰迪 for how it sounds, Bùlándí, close to Brandi. On its own, 布 means cloth and 兰 orchid.
Brandi is written 布兰迪, 3 characters: 布 (5 strokes), 兰 (5 strokes), 迪 (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.