安彬宁 Ān Bīnníng
- 安 ān Family name
- 彬 bīn refined
- 宁 níng peaceful
安 is a common family name; 彬 and 宁 for Brandon’s B and N.
布兰登 Bùlándēng
我叫布兰登。 Wǒ jiào Bùlándēng. My name is Brandon.
安彬宁 Ān Bīnníng
安 is a common family name; 彬 and 宁 for Brandon’s B and N.
王博宁 Wáng Bóníng
王 is a common family name; 博 and 宁 for Brandon’s B and N.
孔宝楠 Kǒng Bǎonán
孔 is a common family name; 宝 and 楠 for Brandon’s B and N.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Brandon is 布兰登 (Bùlándēng) in Chinese. To say “My name is Brandon”, say 我叫布兰登 (Wǒ jiào Bùlándēng).
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.