方迪宁 Fāng Díníng
- 方 fāng Family name
- 迪 dí to enlighten
- 宁 níng peaceful
方 is a common family name; 迪 and 宁 for Diana’s D and N.
戴安娜 Dài'ānnà
我叫戴安娜。 Wǒ jiào Dài'ānnà. My name is Diana.
方迪宁 Fāng Díníng
方 is a common family name; 迪 and 宁 for Diana’s D and N.
曾蝶楠 Zēng Diénán
曾 is a common family name; 蝶 and 楠 for Diana’s D and N.
谢丹妮 Xiè Dānnī
谢 is a common family name; 丹 and 妮 for Diana’s D and N.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Diana is 戴安娜 (Dài'ānnà) in Chinese. To say “My name is Diana”, say 我叫戴安娜 (Wǒ jiào Dài'ānnà).
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.