曹贝岚 Cáo Bèilán
- 曹 cáo Family name
- 贝 bèi shellfish
- 岚 lán mountain mist
曹 is a common family name; 贝 and 岚 echo bù lán, how Chinese begins Brandy (布兰迪).

布兰迪 Bùlándí
我叫布兰迪。 Wǒ jiào Bùlándí. My name is Brandy.
Brandy en chino se escribe 布兰迪 (Bùlándí).
Brandi is written 布兰迪 too.
曹贝岚 Cáo Bèilán
曹 is a common family name; 贝 and 岚 echo bù lán, how Chinese begins Brandy (布兰迪).
彭蓓兰 Péng Bèilán
彭 is a common family name; 蓓 and 兰 echo bù lán, how Chinese begins Brandy (布兰迪).
蒋本岚 Jiǎng Běnlán
蒋 is a common family name; 本 and 岚 echo bù lán, how Chinese begins Brandy (布兰迪).
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Brandy is 布兰迪 (Bùlándí) in Chinese. To say “My name is Brandy”, 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 Brandy. On its own, 布 means cloth and 兰 orchid.
Brandy 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.