马欢琳 Mǎ Huānlín
- 马 mǎ Family name
- 欢 huān happy
- 琳 lín fine jade
马 is a common family name; 欢 and 琳 echo hā lì, how Chinese begins Harriet (哈丽特).
哈丽特 Hālìtè
我叫哈丽特。 Wǒ jiào Hālìtè. My name is Harriet.
马欢琳 Mǎ Huānlín
马 is a common family name; 欢 and 琳 echo hā lì, how Chinese begins Harriet (哈丽特).
郭华莉 Guō Huálì
郭 is a common family name; 华 and 莉 echo hā lì, how Chinese begins Harriet (哈丽特).
谢涵林 Xiè Hánlín
谢 is a common family name; 涵 and 林 echo hā lì, how Chinese begins Harriet (哈丽特).
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Harriet is 哈丽特 (Hālìtè) in Chinese. To say “My name is Harriet”, say 我叫哈丽特 (Wǒ jiào Hālìtè).
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.