方恩天 Fāng Ēntiān
- 方 fāng Family name
- 恩 ēn kindness
- 天 tiān sky
方 is a common family name; 恩 and 天 for Ethan’s a vowel and T.
伊桑 Yīsāng
我叫伊桑。 Wǒ jiào Yīsāng. My name is Ethan.
方恩天 Fāng Ēntiān
方 is a common family name; 恩 and 天 for Ethan’s a vowel and T.
曾安泰 Zēng Āntài
曾 is a common family name; 安 and 泰 for Ethan’s a vowel and T.
谢恩泰 Xiè Ēntài
谢 is a common family name; 恩 and 泰 for Ethan’s a vowel and T.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Ethan is 伊桑 (Yīsāng) in Chinese. To say “My name is Ethan”, say 我叫伊桑 (Wǒ jiào Yīsāng).
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.