马笛龙 Mǎ Dílóng
- 马 mǎ Family name
- 笛 dí flute
- 龙 lóng dragon
马 is a common family name; 笛 and 龙 echo dí lóng, how Chinese begins Dillon (狄龙).

狄龙 Dílóng
我叫狄龙。 Wǒ jiào Dílóng. My name is Dillon.
Dillon en chino se escribe 狄龙 (Dílóng).
马笛龙 Mǎ Dílóng
马 is a common family name; 笛 and 龙 echo dí lóng, how Chinese begins Dillon (狄龙).
郭迪朗 Guō Dílǎng
郭 is a common family name; 迪 and 朗 echo dí lóng, how Chinese begins Dillon (狄龙).
谢笛龙 Xiè Dílóng
谢 is a common family name; 笛 and 龙 echo dí lóng, how Chinese begins Dillon (狄龙).
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Dillon is 狄龙 (Dílóng) in Chinese. To say “My name is Dillon”, say 我叫狄龙 (Wǒ jiào Dílóng).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 狄龙 for how it sounds, Dílóng, close to Dillon. On its own, 龙 means dragon.
Dillon is written 狄龙, 2 characters: 狄 (7 strokes), 龙 (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.