潘迪诺 Pān Dínuò
- 潘 pān Family name
- 迪 dí to enlighten
- 诺 nuò promise
潘 is a common family name; 迪 and 诺 for Donald’s D and N.
唐纳德 Tángnàdé
我叫唐纳德。 Wǒ jiào Tángnàdé. My name is Donald.
潘迪诺 Pān Dínuò
潘 is a common family name; 迪 and 诺 for Donald’s D and N.
白德诺 Bái Dénuò
白 is a common family name; 德 and 诺 for Donald’s D and N.
陈达楠 Chén Dánán
陈 is a common family name; 达 and 楠 for Donald’s D and N.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Donald is 唐纳德 (Tángnàdé) in Chinese. To say “My name is Donald”, say 我叫唐纳德 (Wǒ jiào Tángnàdé).
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.