邓冰莉 Dèng Bīnglì
- 邓 dèng Family name
- 冰 bīng ice
- 莉 lì jasmine
邓 is a common family name; 冰 and 莉 echo bù lì, how Chinese begins Brianna (布丽安娜).

布丽安娜 Bùlì'ānnà
我叫布丽安娜。 Wǒ jiào Bùlì'ānnà. My name is Brianna.
Brianna en chino se escribe 布丽安娜 (Bùlì'ānnà).
邓冰莉 Dèng Bīnglì
邓 is a common family name; 冰 and 莉 echo bù lì, how Chinese begins Brianna (布丽安娜).
曹贝琳 Cáo Bèilín
曹 is a common family name; 贝 and 琳 echo bù lì, how Chinese begins Brianna (布丽安娜).
彭蓓黎 Péng Bèilí
彭 is a common family name; 蓓 and 黎 echo bù lì, how Chinese begins Brianna (布丽安娜).
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Brianna is 布丽安娜 (Bùlì'ānnà) in Chinese. To say “My name is Brianna”, say 我叫布丽安娜 (Wǒ jiào Bùlì'ānnà).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 布丽安娜 for how it sounds, Bùlì'ānnà, close to Brianna. On its own, 布 means cloth, 丽 beautiful and 安 safe.
Brianna is written 布丽安娜, 4 characters: 布 (5 strokes), 丽 (7 strokes), 安 (6 strokes), 娜 (9 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.