高凯力 Gāo Kǎilì
- 高 gāo Family name
- 凯 kǎi triumphant
- 力 lì force
高 is a common family name; 凯 and 力 for Cole’s K and L.
科尔 Kē'ěr
我叫科尔。 Wǒ jiào Kē'ěr. My name is Cole.
高凯力 Gāo Kǎilì
高 is a common family name; 凯 and 力 for Cole’s K and L.
孔康磊 Kǒng Kānglěi
孔 is a common family name; 康 and 磊 for Cole’s K and L.
张凯龙 Zhāng Kǎilóng
张 is a common family name; 凯 and 龙 for Cole’s K and L.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Cole is 科尔 (Kē'ěr) in Chinese. To say “My name is Cole”, say 我叫科尔 (Wǒ jiào Kē'ěr).
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.