曹珍楠 Cáo Zhēnnán
- 曹 cáo Family name
- 珍 zhēn precious thing
- 楠 nán Phoebe nanmu (tree)
曹 is a common family name; 珍 and 楠 echo zhēn nī, how Chinese begins Janice (珍妮丝).

珍妮丝 Zhēnnīsī
我叫珍妮丝。 Wǒ jiào Zhēnnīsī. My name is Janice.
Janice en chino se escribe 珍妮丝 (Zhēnnīsī).
曹珍楠 Cáo Zhēnnán
曹 is a common family name; 珍 and 楠 echo zhēn nī, how Chinese begins Janice (珍妮丝).
彭真宁 Péng Zhēnníng
彭 is a common family name; 真 and 宁 echo zhēn nī, how Chinese begins Janice (珍妮丝).
蒋珍南 Jiǎng Zhēnnán
蒋 is a common family name; 珍 and 南 echo zhēn nī, how Chinese begins Janice (珍妮丝).
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Janice is 珍妮丝 (Zhēnnīsī) in Chinese. To say “My name is Janice”, say 我叫珍妮丝 (Wǒ jiào Zhēnnīsī).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 珍妮丝 for how it sounds, Zhēnnīsī, close to Janice. On its own, 珍 means precious thing, 妮 girl and 丝 silk.
Janice is written 珍妮丝, 3 characters: 珍 (9 strokes), 妮 (8 strokes), 丝 (5 strokes). Each is drawn stroke by stroke on this page, in the order you write it.
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.