马德黎 Mǎ Délí
- 马 mǎ Family name
- 德 dé virtue
- 黎 lí multitude
马 is a common family name; 德 and 黎 echo dá lǐ, how Chinese begins Darryl (达里尔).

达里尔 Dálǐ'ěr
我叫达里尔。 Wǒ jiào Dálǐ'ěr. My name is Darryl.
Darryl en chino se escribe 达里尔 (Dálǐ'ěr).
马德黎 Mǎ Délí
马 is a common family name; 德 and 黎 echo dá lǐ, how Chinese begins Darryl (达里尔).
郭达林 Guō Dálín
郭 is a common family name; 达 and 林 echo dá lǐ, how Chinese begins Darryl (达里尔).
谢东力 Xiè Dōnglì
谢 is a common family name; 东 and 力 echo dá lǐ, how Chinese begins Darryl (达里尔).
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Darryl is 达里尔 (Dálǐ'ěr) in Chinese. To say “My name is Darryl”, say 我叫达里尔 (Wǒ jiào Dálǐ'ěr).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 达里尔 for how it sounds, Dálǐ'ěr, close to Darryl. On its own, 达 means to reach and 里 inside.
Darryl is written 达里尔, 3 characters: 达 (6 strokes), 里 (7 strokes), 尔 (5 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.