杨恩武 Yáng Ēnwǔ
- 杨 yáng Family name
- 恩 ēn kindness
- 武 wǔ military
杨 is a common family name; 恩 and 武 for Ivan’s a vowel and W.
伊万 Yīwàn
我叫伊万。 Wǒ jiào Yīwàn. My name is Ivan.
杨恩武 Yáng Ēnwǔ
杨 is a common family name; 恩 and 武 for Ivan’s a vowel and W.
孙安巍 Sūn Ānwēi
孙 is a common family name; 安 and 巍 for Ivan’s a vowel and W.
金恩文 Jīn Ēnwén
金 is a common family name; 恩 and 文 for Ivan’s a vowel and W.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Ivan is 伊万 (Yīwàn) in Chinese. To say “My name is Ivan”, say 我叫伊万 (Wǒ jiào Yīwàn).
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.
Pinyin chart: every syllable, all four tones. Chinese words: the HSK list, one page each. Read any Mandarin: point at a word for its meaning.
Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese writes some names more than one way.