孔川德 Kǒng Chuāndé
- 孔 kǒng Family name
- 川 chuān river
- 德 dé virtue
孔 is a common family name; 川 and 德 echo chá dé, how Chinese begins Chad (查德).

查德 Chádé
我叫查德。 Wǒ jiào Chádé. My name is Chad.
Chad en chino se escribe 查德 (Chádé).
孔川德 Kǒng Chuāndé
孔 is a common family name; 川 and 德 echo chá dé, how Chinese begins Chad (查德).
白超达 Bái Chāodá
白 is a common family name; 超 and 达 echo chá dé, how Chinese begins Chad (查德).
邱畅迪 Qiū Chàngdí
邱 is a common family name; 畅 and 迪 echo chá dé, how Chinese begins Chad (查德).
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Chad is 查德 (Chádé) in Chinese. To say “My name is Chad”, say 我叫查德 (Wǒ jiào Chádé).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 查德 for how it sounds, Chádé, close to Chad. On its own, 查 means to check and 德 virtue.
Chad is written 查德, 2 characters: 查 (9 strokes), 德 (15 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.