倪华莉 Ní Huálì
- 倪 ní Family name
- 华 huá China
- 莉 lì jasmine
倪 is a common family name; 华 and 莉 echo hǎi lì, how Chinese begins Haley (海莉).

海莉 Hǎilì
我叫海莉。 Wǒ jiào Hǎilì. My name is Haley.
Haley en chino se escribe 海莉 (Hǎilì).
Hailey is written 海莉 too.
倪华莉 Ní Huálì
倪 is a common family name; 华 and 莉 echo hǎi lì, how Chinese begins Haley (海莉).
王涵林 Wáng Hánlín
王 is a common family name; 涵 and 林 echo hǎi lì, how Chinese begins Haley (海莉).
李欢丽 Lǐ Huānlì
李 is a common family name; 欢 and 丽 echo hǎi lì, how Chinese begins Haley (海莉).
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Haley is 海莉 (Hǎilì) in Chinese. To say “My name is Haley”, say 我叫海莉 (Wǒ jiào Hǎilì).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 海莉 for how it sounds, Hǎilì, close to Haley. On its own, 海 means sea.
Haley is written 海莉, 2 characters: 海 (10 strokes), 莉 (10 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.