孔达黎 Kǒng Dálí
- 孔 kǒng Family name
- 达 dá to reach
- 黎 lí multitude
孔 is a common family name; 达 and 黎 echo dé lǐ, how Chinese begins Derrick (德里克).

德里克 Délǐkè
我叫德里克。 Wǒ jiào Délǐkè. My name is Derrick.
Derrick en chino se escribe 德里克 (Délǐkè).
Derek is written 德里克 too.
孔达黎 Kǒng Dálí
孔 is a common family name; 达 and 黎 echo dé lǐ, how Chinese begins Derrick (德里克).
白迪林 Bái Dílín
白 is a common family name; 迪 and 林 echo dé lǐ, how Chinese begins Derrick (德里克).
邱笛力 Qiū Dílì
邱 is a common family name; 笛 and 力 echo dé lǐ, how Chinese begins Derrick (德里克).
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Derrick is 德里克 (Délǐkè) in Chinese. To say “My name is Derrick”, say 我叫德里克 (Wǒ jiào Délǐkè).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 德里克 for how it sounds, Délǐkè, close to Derrick. On its own, 德 means virtue, 里 inside and 克 gram.
Derrick is written 德里克, 3 characters: 德 (15 strokes), 里 (7 strokes), 克 (7 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.