曾东诺 Zēng Dōngnuò
- 曾 zēng Family name
- 东 dōng east
- 诺 nuò promise
曾 is a common family name; 东 and 诺 for Daniel’s D and N.
丹尼尔 Dānní'ěr
我叫丹尼尔。 Wǒ jiào Dānní'ěr. My name is Daniel.
曾东诺 Zēng Dōngnuò
曾 is a common family name; 东 and 诺 for Daniel’s D and N.
蔡达诺 Cài Dánuò
蔡 is a common family name; 达 and 诺 for Daniel’s D and N.
丁德宁 Dīng Déníng
丁 is a common family name; 德 and 宁 for Daniel’s D and N.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Daniel is 丹尼尔 (Dānní'ěr) in Chinese. To say “My name is Daniel”, say 我叫丹尼尔 (Wǒ jiào Dānní'ěr).
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.
Pinyin chart: every syllable, all four tones. Chinese words: the HSK list, one page each. Read any Mandarin: point at a word for its meaning.
Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese writes some names more than one way.