蒋凯林 Jiǎng Kǎilín
- 蒋 jiǎng Family name
- 凯 kǎi triumphant
- 林 lín forest
蒋 is a common family name; 凯 and 林 echo kē lín, how Chinese begins Collin (科林).

科林 Kēlín
我叫科林。 Wǒ jiào Kēlín. My name is Collin.
Collin en chino se escribe 科林 (Kēlín).
Colin is written 科林 too.
蒋凯林 Jiǎng Kǎilín
蒋 is a common family name; 凯 and 林 echo kē lín, how Chinese begins Collin (科林).
任康力 Rén Kānglì
任 is a common family name; 康 and 力 echo kē lín, how Chinese begins Collin (科林).
石恺黎 Shí Kǎilí
石 is a common family name; 恺 and 黎 echo kē lín, how Chinese begins Collin (科林).
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Collin is 科林 (Kēlín) in Chinese. To say “My name is Collin”, say 我叫科林 (Wǒ jiào Kēlín).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 科林 for how it sounds, Kēlín, close to Collin. On its own, 科 means branch of study and 林 forest.
Collin is written 科林, 2 characters: 科 (9 strokes), 林 (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.