石恺黎 Shí Kǎilí
- 石 shí Family name
- 恺 kǎi joyful
- 黎 lí multitude
石 is a common family name; 恺 and 黎 echo kē lǐ, how Chinese begins Cory (科里).

科里 Kēlǐ
我叫科里。 Wǒ jiào Kēlǐ. My name is Cory.
Cory en chino se escribe 科里 (Kēlǐ).
Corey is written 科里 too.
石恺黎 Shí Kǎilí
石 is a common family name; 恺 and 黎 echo kē lǐ, how Chinese begins Cory (科里).
孔宽林 Kǒng Kuānlín
孔 is a common family name; 宽 and 林 echo kē lǐ, how Chinese begins Cory (科里).
白可力 Bái Kělì
白 is a common family name; 可 and 力 echo kē lǐ, how Chinese begins Cory (科里).
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Cory is 科里 (Kēlǐ) in Chinese. To say “My name is Cory”, say 我叫科里 (Wǒ jiào Kēlǐ).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 科里 for how it sounds, Kēlǐ, close to Cory. On its own, 科 means branch of study and 里 inside.
Cory 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.