曹珂林 Cáo Kēlín
- 曹 cáo Family name
- 珂 kē jade-like stone
- 林 lín forest
曹 is a common family name; 珂 and 林 echo kē lín, how Chinese begins Colleen (科琳).

科琳 Kēlín
我叫科琳。 Wǒ jiào Kēlín. My name is Colleen.
Colleen en chino se escribe 科琳 (Kēlín).
曹珂林 Cáo Kēlín
曹 is a common family name; 珂 and 林 echo kē lín, how Chinese begins Colleen (科琳).
彭可黎 Péng Kělí
彭 is a common family name; 可 and 黎 echo kē lín, how Chinese begins Colleen (科琳).
蒋珂莉 Jiǎng Kēlì
蒋 is a common family name; 珂 and 莉 echo kē lín, how Chinese begins Colleen (科琳).
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Colleen is 科琳 (Kēlín) in Chinese. To say “My name is Colleen”, say 我叫科琳 (Wǒ jiào Kēlín).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 科琳 for how it sounds, Kēlín, close to Colleen. On its own, 科 means branch of study.
Colleen is written 科琳, 2 characters: 科 (9 strokes), 琳 (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.