马可萱 Mǎ Kěxuān
- 马 mǎ Family name
- 可 kě can
- 萱 xuān daylily
马 is a common family name; 可 and 萱 echo kǎi xī, how Chinese begins Cathy (凯茜).

凯茜 Kǎixī
我叫凯茜。 Wǒ jiào Kǎixī. My name is Cathy.
Cathy en chino se escribe 凯茜 (Kǎixī).
Kathy is written 凯茜 too.
马可萱 Mǎ Kěxuān
马 is a common family name; 可 and 萱 echo kǎi xī, how Chinese begins Cathy (凯茜).
郭宽欣 Guō Kuānxīn
郭 is a common family name; 宽 and 欣 echo kǎi xī, how Chinese begins Cathy (凯茜).
谢珂欣 Xiè Kēxīn
谢 is a common family name; 珂 and 欣 echo kǎi xī, how Chinese begins Cathy (凯茜).
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
HSK 1 · Now read them in a real story
中文
说
说
中国
Cathy is 凯茜 (Kǎixī) in Chinese. To say “My name is Cathy”, say 我叫凯茜 (Wǒ jiào Kǎixī).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 凯茜 for how it sounds, Kǎixī, close to Cathy. On its own, 凯 means triumphant.
Cathy is written 凯茜, 2 characters: 凯 (8 strokes), 茜 (9 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.