曾夏莉 Zēng Xiàlì
- 曾 zēng Family name
- 夏 xià summer
- 莉 lì jasmine
曾 is a common family name; 夏 and 莉 echo xià lín, how Chinese begins Charlene (夏琳).

夏琳 Xiàlín
我叫夏琳。 Wǒ jiào Xiàlín. My name is Charlene.
Charlene en chino se escribe 夏琳 (Xiàlín).
曾夏莉 Zēng Xiàlì
曾 is a common family name; 夏 and 莉 echo xià lín, how Chinese begins Charlene (夏琳).
邓霞琳 Dèng Xiálín
邓 is a common family name; 霞 and 琳 echo xià lín, how Chinese begins Charlene (夏琳).
曹晓黎 Cáo Xiǎolí
曹 is a common family name; 晓 and 黎 echo xià lín, how Chinese begins Charlene (夏琳).
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Charlene is 夏琳 (Xiàlín) in Chinese. To say “My name is Charlene”, say 我叫夏琳 (Wǒ jiào Xiàlín).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 夏琳 for how it sounds, Xiàlín, close to Charlene. On its own, 夏 means summer.
Charlene is written 夏琳, 2 characters: 夏 (10 strokes), 琳 (12 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.