王珂甜 Wáng Kētián
- 王 wáng Family name
- 珂 kē jade-like stone
- 甜 tián sweet
王 is a common family name; 珂 and 甜 echo kǎi tè, how Chinese begins Caitlin (凯特琳).

凯特琳 Kǎitèlín
我叫凯特琳。 Wǒ jiào Kǎitèlín. My name is Caitlin.
Caitlin en chino se escribe 凯特琳 (Kǎitèlín).
王珂甜 Wáng Kētián
王 is a common family name; 珂 and 甜 echo kǎi tè, how Chinese begins Caitlin (凯特琳).
李可天 Lǐ Kětiān
李 is a common family name; 可 and 天 echo kǎi tè, how Chinese begins Caitlin (凯特琳).
张宽甜 Zhāng Kuāntián
张 is a common family name; 宽 and 甜 echo kǎi tè, how Chinese begins Caitlin (凯特琳).
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Caitlin is 凯特琳 (Kǎitèlín) in Chinese. To say “My name is Caitlin”, say 我叫凯特琳 (Wǒ jiào Kǎitèlín).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 凯特琳 for how it sounds, Kǎitèlín, close to Caitlin. On its own, 凯 means triumphant and 特 special.
Caitlin is written 凯特琳, 3 characters: 凯 (8 strokes), 特 (10 strokes), 琳 (12 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.