白本乐 Bái Běnlè
- 白 bái Family name
- 本 běn root
- 乐 lè happy
白 is a common family name; 本 and 乐 echo bù léi, how Chinese begins Brett (布雷特).

布雷特 Bùléitè
我叫布雷特。 Wǒ jiào Bùléitè. My name is Brett.
Brett en chino se escribe 布雷特 (Bùléitè).
白本乐 Bái Běnlè
白 is a common family name; 本 and 乐 echo bù léi, how Chinese begins Brett (布雷特).
邱宝雷 Qiū Bǎoléi
邱 is a common family name; 宝 and 雷 echo bù léi, how Chinese begins Brett (布雷特).
安博雷 Ān Bóléi
安 is a common family name; 博 and 雷 echo bù léi, how Chinese begins Brett (布雷特).
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Brett is 布雷特 (Bùléitè) in Chinese. To say “My name is Brett”, say 我叫布雷特 (Wǒ jiào Bùléitè).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 布雷特 for how it sounds, Bùléitè, close to Brett. On its own, 布 means cloth, 雷 thunder and 特 special.
Brett is written 布雷特, 3 characters: 布 (5 strokes), 雷 (13 strokes), 特 (10 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.