王海维 Wáng Hǎiwéi
- 王 wáng Family name
- 海 hǎi sea
- 维 wéi to maintain
王 is a common family name; 海 and 维 echo hā wéi, how Chinese begins Harvey (哈维).
哈维 Hāwéi
我叫哈维。 Wǒ jiào Hāwéi. My name is Harvey.
王海维 Wáng Hǎiwéi
王 is a common family name; 海 and 维 echo hā wéi, how Chinese begins Harvey (哈维).
李豪文 Lǐ Háowén
李 is a common family name; 豪 and 文 echo hā wéi, how Chinese begins Harvey (哈维).
张华巍 Zhāng Huáwēi
张 is a common family name; 华 and 巍 echo hā wéi, how Chinese begins Harvey (哈维).
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Harvey is 哈维 (Hāwéi) in Chinese. To say “My name is Harvey”, say 我叫哈维 (Wǒ jiào Hāwéi).
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.