陈谷恩 Chén Gǔ'ēn
- 陈 chén Family name
- 谷 gǔ valley
- 恩 ēn kindness
陈 is a common family name; 谷 and 恩 echo gài ěr, how Chinese begins Gail (盖尔).

盖尔 Gài'ěr
我叫盖尔。 Wǒ jiào Gài'ěr. My name is Gail.
Gail en chino se escribe 盖尔 (Gài'ěr).
陈谷恩 Chén Gǔ'ēn
陈 is a common family name; 谷 and 恩 echo gài ěr, how Chinese begins Gail (盖尔).
杨歌艾 Yáng Gē'ài
杨 is a common family name; 歌 and 艾 echo gài ěr, how Chinese begins Gail (盖尔).
黄谷恩 Huáng Gǔ'ēn
黄 is a common family name; 谷 and 恩 echo gài ěr, how Chinese begins Gail (盖尔).
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Gail is 盖尔 (Gài'ěr) in Chinese. To say “My name is Gail”, say 我叫盖尔 (Wǒ jiào Gài'ěr).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 盖尔 for how it sounds, Gài'ěr, close to Gail. On its own, 盖 means lid.
Gail is written 盖尔, 2 characters: 盖 (11 strokes), 尔 (5 strokes). Each is drawn stroke by stroke on this page, in the order you write it.
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.