孙德宽 Sūn Dékuān
- 孙 sūn Family name
- 德 dé virtue
- 宽 kuān wide
孙 is a common family name; 德 and 宽 echo dèng kěn, how Chinese begins Duncan (邓肯).
邓肯 Dèngkěn
我叫邓肯。 Wǒ jiào Dèngkěn. My name is Duncan.
孙德宽 Sūn Dékuān
孙 is a common family name; 德 and 宽 echo dèng kěn, how Chinese begins Duncan (邓肯).
马达可 Mǎ Dákě
马 is a common family name; 达 and 可 echo dèng kěn, how Chinese begins Duncan (邓肯).
郭迪凯 Guō Díkǎi
郭 is a common family name; 迪 and 凯 echo dèng kěn, how Chinese begins Duncan (邓肯).
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Duncan is 邓肯 (Dèngkěn) in Chinese. To say “My name is Duncan”, say 我叫邓肯 (Wǒ jiào Dèngkěn).
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.