方帆楠 Fāng Fānnán
- 方 fāng Family name
- 帆 fān sail
- 楠 nán Phoebe nanmu (tree)
方 is a common family name; 帆 and 楠 for Frank’s F and N.
弗兰克 Fúlánkè
我叫弗兰克。 Wǒ jiào Fúlánkè. My name is Frank.
方帆楠 Fāng Fānnán
方 is a common family name; 帆 and 楠 for Frank’s F and N.
曾峰诺 Zēng Fēngnuò
曾 is a common family name; 峰 and 诺 for Frank’s F and N.
谢锋诺 Xiè Fēngnuò
谢 is a common family name; 锋 and 诺 for Frank’s F and N.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Frank is 弗兰克 (Fúlánkè) in Chinese. To say “My name is Frank”, say 我叫弗兰克 (Wǒ jiào Fúlánkè).
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.