倪宽迪 Ní Kuāndí
- 倪 ní Family name
- 宽 kuān wide
- 迪 dí to enlighten
倪 is a common family name; 宽 and 迪 echo kē dì, how Chinese begins Curtis (柯蒂斯).
柯蒂斯 Kēdìsī
我叫柯蒂斯。 Wǒ jiào Kēdìsī. My name is Curtis.
倪宽迪 Ní Kuāndí
倪 is a common family name; 宽 and 迪 echo kē dì, how Chinese begins Curtis (柯蒂斯).
王可笛 Wáng Kědí
王 is a common family name; 可 and 笛 echo kē dì, how Chinese begins Curtis (柯蒂斯).
李凯迪 Lǐ Kǎidí
李 is a common family name; 凯 and 迪 echo kē dì, how Chinese begins Curtis (柯蒂斯).
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Curtis is 柯蒂斯 (Kēdìsī) in Chinese. To say “My name is Curtis”, say 我叫柯蒂斯 (Wǒ jiào Kēdìsī).
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.