邓宽莉 Dèng Kuānlì
- 邓 dèng Family name
- 宽 kuān wide
- 莉 lì jasmine
邓 is a common family name; 宽 and 莉 echo kǎ lì, how Chinese begins Carly (卡莉).

卡莉 Kǎlì
我叫卡莉。 Wǒ jiào Kǎlì. My name is Carly.
Carly en chino se escribe 卡莉 (Kǎlì).
邓宽莉 Dèng Kuānlì
邓 is a common family name; 宽 and 莉 echo kǎ lì, how Chinese begins Carly (卡莉).
曹珂琳 Cáo Kēlín
曹 is a common family name; 珂 and 琳 echo kǎ lì, how Chinese begins Carly (卡莉).
彭可丽 Péng Kělì
彭 is a common family name; 可 and 丽 echo kǎ lì, how Chinese begins Carly (卡莉).
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Carly is 卡莉 (Kǎlì) in Chinese. To say “My name is Carly”, say 我叫卡莉 (Wǒ jiào Kǎlì).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 卡莉 for how it sounds, Kǎlì, close to Carly. On its own, 卡 means card.
Carly is written 卡莉, 2 characters: 卡 (5 strokes), 莉 (10 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.