杨珂丽 Yáng Kēlì
- 杨 yáng Family name
- 珂 kē jade-like stone
- 丽 lì beautiful
杨 is a common family name; 珂 and 丽 echo kè lǐ, how Chinese begins Christy (克里斯蒂).

克里斯蒂 Kèlǐsīdì
我叫克里斯蒂。 Wǒ jiào Kèlǐsīdì. My name is Christy.
Christy en chino se escribe 克里斯蒂 (Kèlǐsīdì).
杨珂丽 Yáng Kēlì
杨 is a common family name; 珂 and 丽 echo kè lǐ, how Chinese begins Christy (克里斯蒂).
黄可丽 Huáng Kělì
黄 is a common family name; 可 and 丽 echo kè lǐ, how Chinese begins Christy (克里斯蒂).
孙珂琳 Sūn Kēlín
孙 is a common family name; 珂 and 琳 echo kè lǐ, how Chinese begins Christy (克里斯蒂).
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Christy is 克里斯蒂 (Kèlǐsīdì) in Chinese. To say “My name is Christy”, say 我叫克里斯蒂 (Wǒ jiào Kèlǐsīdì).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 克里斯蒂 for how it sounds, Kèlǐsīdì, close to Christy. On its own, 克 means gram, 里 inside and 蒂 stalk.
Christy is written 克里斯蒂, 4 characters: 克 (7 strokes), 里 (7 strokes), 斯 (12 strokes), 蒂 (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.