谢可迪 Xiè Kědí
- 谢 xiè Family name
- 可 kě can
- 迪 dí to enlighten
谢 is a common family name; 可 and 迪 echo kǎn dí, how Chinese begins Candace (坎迪斯).

坎迪斯 Kǎndísī
我叫坎迪斯。 Wǒ jiào Kǎndísī. My name is Candace.
Candace en chino se escribe 坎迪斯 (Kǎndísī).
谢可迪 Xiè Kědí
谢 is a common family name; 可 and 迪 echo kǎn dí, how Chinese begins Candace (坎迪斯).
唐宽笛 Táng Kuāndí
唐 is a common family name; 宽 and 笛 echo kǎn dí, how Chinese begins Candace (坎迪斯).
冯珂迪 Féng Kēdí
冯 is a common family name; 珂 and 迪 echo kǎn dí, how Chinese begins Candace (坎迪斯).
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Candace is 坎迪斯 (Kǎndísī) in Chinese. To say “My name is Candace”, say 我叫坎迪斯 (Wǒ jiào Kǎndísī).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 坎迪斯 for how it sounds, Kǎndísī, close to Candace. On its own, 坎 means ridge.
Candace is written 坎迪斯, 3 characters: 坎 (7 strokes), 迪 (8 strokes), 斯 (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.