任珂迪 Rén Kēdí
- 任 rén Family name
- 珂 kē jade-like stone
- 迪 dí to enlighten
任 is a common family name; 珂 and 迪 echo kǎn dí, how Chinese begins Candice (坎迪丝).

坎迪丝 Kǎndísī
我叫坎迪丝。 Wǒ jiào Kǎndísī. My name is Candice.
Candice en chino se escribe 坎迪丝 (Kǎndísī).
任珂迪 Rén Kēdí
任 is a common family name; 珂 and 迪 echo kǎn dí, how Chinese begins Candice (坎迪丝).
石可笛 Shí Kědí
石 is a common family name; 可 and 笛 echo kǎn dí, how Chinese begins Candice (坎迪丝).
孔宽迪 Kǒng Kuāndí
孔 is a common family name; 宽 and 迪 echo kǎn dí, how Chinese begins Candice (坎迪丝).
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Candice is 坎迪丝 (Kǎndísī) in Chinese. To say “My name is Candice”, say 我叫坎迪丝 (Wǒ jiào Kǎndísī).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 坎迪丝 for how it sounds, Kǎndísī, close to Candice. On its own, 坎 means ridge and 丝 silk.
Candice is written 坎迪丝, 3 characters: 坎 (7 strokes), 迪 (8 strokes), 丝 (5 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.