白凯松 Bái Kǎisōng
- 白 bái Family name
- 凯 kǎi triumphant
- 松 sōng pine
白 is a common family name; 凯 and 松 for Chris’s K and S.
克里斯 Kèlǐsī
我叫克里斯。 Wǒ jiào Kèlǐsī. My name is Chris.
白凯松 Bái Kǎisōng
白 is a common family name; 凯 and 松 for Chris’s K and S.
潘康松 Pān Kāngsōng
潘 is a common family name; 康 and 松 for Chris’s K and S.
倪凯松 Ní Kǎisōng
倪 is a common family name; 凯 and 松 for Chris’s K and S.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Chris is 克里斯 (Kèlǐsī) in Chinese. To say “My name is Chris”, say 我叫克里斯 (Wǒ jiào Kèlǐsī).
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.
Pinyin chart: every syllable, all four tones. Chinese words: the HSK list, one page each. Read any Mandarin: point at a word for its meaning.
Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese writes some names more than one way.