谢聪思 Xiè Cōngsī
- 谢 xiè Family name
- 聪 cōng clever
- 思 sī to think
谢 is a common family name; 聪 and 思 echo cài sī, how Chinese begins Chase (蔡斯).

蔡斯 Càisī
我叫蔡斯。 Wǒ jiào Càisī. My name is Chase.
Chase en chino se escribe 蔡斯 (Càisī).
谢聪思 Xiè Cōngsī
谢 is a common family name; 聪 and 思 echo cài sī, how Chinese begins Chase (蔡斯).
唐灿森 Táng Cànsēn
唐 is a common family name; 灿 and 森 echo cài sī, how Chinese begins Chase (蔡斯).
冯聪思 Féng Cōngsī
冯 is a common family name; 聪 and 思 echo cài sī, how Chinese begins Chase (蔡斯).
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Chase is 蔡斯 (Càisī) in Chinese. To say “My name is Chase”, say 我叫蔡斯 (Wǒ jiào Càisī).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 蔡斯 for how it sounds, Càisī, close to Chase. Its characters are there for their sound.
Chase is written 蔡斯, 2 characters: 蔡 (14 strokes), 斯 (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.