曹丹宝 Cáo Dānbǎo
- 曹 cáo Family name
- 丹 dān red
- 宝 bǎo treasure
曹 is a common family name; 丹 and 宝 echo dài bù, how Chinese begins Debra (黛布拉).

黛布拉 Dàibùlā
我叫黛布拉。 Wǒ jiào Dàibùlā. My name is Debra.
Debra en chino se escribe 黛布拉 (Dàibùlā).
曹丹宝 Cáo Dānbǎo
曹 is a common family name; 丹 and 宝 echo dài bù, how Chinese begins Debra (黛布拉).
彭黛碧 Péng Dàibì
彭 is a common family name; 黛 and 碧 echo dài bù, how Chinese begins Debra (黛布拉).
蒋丹冰 Jiǎng Dānbīng
蒋 is a common family name; 丹 and 冰 echo dài bù, how Chinese begins Debra (黛布拉).
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Debra is 黛布拉 (Dàibùlā) in Chinese. To say “My name is Debra”, say 我叫黛布拉 (Wǒ jiào Dàibùlā).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 黛布拉 for how it sounds, Dàibùlā, close to Debra. On its own, 布 means cloth and 拉 to pull.
Debra is written 黛布拉, 3 characters: 黛 (17 strokes), 布 (5 strokes), 拉 (8 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.