孙可苏 Sūn Kěsū
- 孙 sūn Family name
- 可 kě can
- 苏 sū to revive
孙 is a common family name; 可 and 苏 echo kǎ sāng, how Chinese begins Cassandra (卡桑德拉).

卡桑德拉 Kǎsāngdélā
我叫卡桑德拉。 Wǒ jiào Kǎsāngdélā. My name is Cassandra.
Cassandra en chino se escribe 卡桑德拉 (Kǎsāngdélā).
孙可苏 Sūn Kěsū
孙 is a common family name; 可 and 苏 echo kǎ sāng, how Chinese begins Cassandra (卡桑德拉).
马宽思 Mǎ Kuānsī
马 is a common family name; 宽 and 思 echo kǎ sāng, how Chinese begins Cassandra (卡桑德拉).
郭珂素 Guō Kēsù
郭 is a common family name; 珂 and 素 echo kǎ sāng, how Chinese begins Cassandra (卡桑德拉).
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Cassandra is 卡桑德拉 (Kǎsāngdélā) in Chinese. To say “My name is Cassandra”, say 我叫卡桑德拉 (Wǒ jiào Kǎsāngdélā).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 卡桑德拉 for how it sounds, Kǎsāngdélā, close to Cassandra. On its own, 卡 means card, 桑 mulberry tree, 德 virtue and 拉 to pull.
Cassandra is written 卡桑德拉, 4 characters: 卡 (5 strokes), 桑 (10 strokes), 德 (15 strokes), 拉 (8 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.