王安达 Wáng Āndá
- 王 wáng Family name
- 安 ān safe
- 达 dá to reach
王 is a common family name; 安 and 达 for Edward’s a vowel and D.
爱德华 Àidéhuá
我叫爱德华。 Wǒ jiào Àidéhuá. My name is Edward.
王安达 Wáng Āndá
王 is a common family name; 安 and 达 for Edward’s a vowel and D.
李恩东 Lǐ Ēndōng
李 is a common family name; 恩 and 东 for Edward’s a vowel and D.
沈安迪 Shěn Āndí
沈 is a common family name; 安 and 迪 for Edward’s a vowel and D.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Edward is 爱德华 (Àidéhuá) in Chinese. To say “My name is Edward”, say 我叫爱德华 (Wǒ jiào Àidéhuá).
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.