李华迪 Lǐ Huádí
- 李 lǐ Family name
- 华 huá China
- 迪 dí to enlighten
李 is a common family name; 华 and 迪 echo hǎi dí, how Chinese begins Heidi (海迪).
海迪 Hǎidí
我叫海迪。 Wǒ jiào Hǎidí. My name is Heidi.
李华迪 Lǐ Huádí
李 is a common family name; 华 and 迪 echo hǎi dí, how Chinese begins Heidi (海迪).
张涵笛 Zhāng Hándí
张 is a common family name; 涵 and 笛 echo hǎi dí, how Chinese begins Heidi (海迪).
陈欢迪 Chén Huāndí
陈 is a common family name; 欢 and 迪 echo hǎi dí, how Chinese begins Heidi (海迪).
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Heidi is 海迪 (Hǎidí) in Chinese. To say “My name is Heidi”, say 我叫海迪 (Wǒ jiào Hǎidí).
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.