黄黛黎 Huáng Dàilí
- 黄 huáng Family name
- 黛 dài black pigment for eyebrows
- 黎 lí multitude
黄 is a common family name; 黛 and 黎 echo dá lín, how Chinese begins Darlene (达琳).

达琳 Dálín
我叫达琳。 Wǒ jiào Dálín. My name is Darlene.
Darlene en chino se escribe 达琳 (Dálín).
黄黛黎 Huáng Dàilí
黄 is a common family name; 黛 and 黎 echo dá lín, how Chinese begins Darlene (达琳).
孙丹林 Sūn Dānlín
孙 is a common family name; 丹 and 林 echo dá lín, how Chinese begins Darlene (达琳).
马黛丽 Mǎ Dàilì
马 is a common family name; 黛 and 丽 echo dá lín, how Chinese begins Darlene (达琳).
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Darlene is 达琳 (Dálín) in Chinese. To say “My name is Darlene”, say 我叫达琳 (Wǒ jiào Dálín).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 达琳 for how it sounds, Dálín, close to Darlene. On its own, 达 means to reach.
Darlene is written 达琳, 2 characters: 达 (6 strokes), 琳 (12 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.