谢可力 Xiè Kělì
- 谢 xiè Family name
- 可 kě can
- 力 lì force
谢 is a common family name; 可 and 力 echo kē lǐ, how Chinese begins Corey (科里).

科里 Kēlǐ
我叫科里。 Wǒ jiào Kēlǐ. My name is Corey.
Corey en chino se escribe 科里 (Kēlǐ).
Cory is written 科里 too.
谢可力 Xiè Kělì
谢 is a common family name; 可 and 力 echo kē lǐ, how Chinese begins Corey (科里).
唐凯黎 Táng Kǎilí
唐 is a common family name; 凯 and 黎 echo kē lǐ, how Chinese begins Corey (科里).
冯康林 Féng Kānglín
冯 is a common family name; 康 and 林 echo kē lǐ, how Chinese begins Corey (科里).
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Corey is 科里 (Kēlǐ) in Chinese. To say “My name is Corey”, say 我叫科里 (Wǒ jiào Kēlǐ).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 科里 for how it sounds, Kēlǐ, close to Corey. On its own, 科 means branch of study and 里 inside.
Corey is written 科里, 2 characters: 科 (9 strokes), 里 (7 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.