孔恩武 Kǒng Ēnwǔ
- 孔 kǒng Family name
- 恩 ēn kindness
- 武 wǔ military
孔 is a common family name; 恩 and 武 for Evan’s a vowel and W.
埃文 Āiwén
我叫埃文。 Wǒ jiào Āiwén. My name is Evan.
孔恩武 Kǒng Ēnwǔ
孔 is a common family name; 恩 and 武 for Evan’s a vowel and W.
高安巍 Gāo Ānwēi
高 is a common family name; 安 and 巍 for Evan’s a vowel and W.
安恩文 Ān Ēnwén
安 is a common family name; 恩 and 文 for Evan’s a vowel and W.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Evan is 埃文 (Āiwén) in Chinese. To say “My name is Evan”, say 我叫埃文 (Wǒ jiào Āiwén).
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.