方彬楠 Fāng Bīnnán
- 方 fāng Family name
- 彬 bīn refined
- 楠 nán Phoebe nanmu (tree)
方 is a common family name; 彬 and 楠 for Bryan’s B and N.
布莱恩 Bùlái'ēn
我叫布莱恩。 Wǒ jiào Bùlái'ēn. My name is Bryan.
方彬楠 Fāng Bīnnán
方 is a common family name; 彬 and 楠 for Bryan’s B and N.
曾博诺 Zēng Bónuò
曾 is a common family name; 博 and 诺 for Bryan’s B and N.
谢宝诺 Xiè Bǎonuò
谢 is a common family name; 宝 and 诺 for Bryan’s B and N.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Bryan is 布莱恩 (Bùlái'ēn) in Chinese. To say “My name is Bryan”, say 我叫布莱恩 (Wǒ jiào Bùlái'ēn).
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.