王珂萌 Wáng Kēméng
- 王 wáng Family name
- 珂 kē jade-like stone
- 萌 méng to sprout
王 is a common family name; 珂 and 萌 echo kǎ mén, how Chinese begins Carmen (卡门).

卡门 Kǎmén
我叫卡门。 Wǒ jiào Kǎmén. My name is Carmen.
Carmen en chino se escribe 卡门 (Kǎmén).
王珂萌 Wáng Kēméng
王 is a common family name; 珂 and 萌 echo kǎ mén, how Chinese begins Carmen (卡门).
李可美 Lǐ Kěměi
李 is a common family name; 可 and 美 echo kǎ mén, how Chinese begins Carmen (卡门).
张宽梅 Zhāng Kuānméi
张 is a common family name; 宽 and 梅 echo kǎ mén, how Chinese begins Carmen (卡门).
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Carmen is 卡门 (Kǎmén) in Chinese. To say “My name is Carmen”, say 我叫卡门 (Wǒ jiào Kǎmén).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 卡门 for how it sounds, Kǎmén, close to Carmen. On its own, 卡 means card and 门 door.
Carmen is written 卡门, 2 characters: 卡 (5 strokes), 门 (3 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.