马佳楠 Mǎ Jiānán
- 马 mǎ Family name
- 佳 jiā good
- 楠 nán Phoebe nanmu (tree)
马 is a common family name; 佳 and 楠 for Jane’s J and N.
简 Jiǎn
我叫简。 Wǒ jiào Jiǎn. My name is Jane.
马佳楠 Mǎ Jiānán
马 is a common family name; 佳 and 楠 for Jane’s J and N.
蔡晶宁 Cài Jīngníng
蔡 is a common family name; 晶 and 宁 for Jane’s J and N.
孙娟诺 Sūn Juānnuò
孙 is a common family name; 娟 and 诺 for Jane’s J and N.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Jane is 简 (Jiǎn) in Chinese. To say “My name is Jane”, say 我叫简 (Wǒ jiào Jiǎn).
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.