曾可笛 Zēng Kědí
- 曾 zēng Family name
- 可 kě can
- 笛 dí flute
曾 is a common family name; 可 and 笛 echo kē dí, how Chinese begins Cody (科迪).

科迪 Kēdí
我叫科迪。 Wǒ jiào Kēdí. My name is Cody.
Cody en chino se escribe 科迪 (Kēdí).
曾可笛 Zēng Kědí
曾 is a common family name; 可 and 笛 echo kē dí, how Chinese begins Cody (科迪).
邓凯迪 Dèng Kǎidí
邓 is a common family name; 凯 and 迪 echo kē dí, how Chinese begins Cody (科迪).
曹康笛 Cáo Kāngdí
曹 is a common family name; 康 and 笛 echo kē dí, how Chinese begins Cody (科迪).
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Cody is 科迪 (Kēdí) in Chinese. To say “My name is Cody”, say 我叫科迪 (Wǒ jiào Kēdí).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 科迪 for how it sounds, Kēdí, close to Cody. On its own, 科 means branch of study.
Cody is written 科迪, 2 characters: 科 (9 strokes), 迪 (8 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.