石珍楠 Shí Zhēnnán
- 石 shí Family name
- 珍 zhēn precious thing
- 楠 nán Phoebe nanmu (tree)
石 is a common family name; 珍 and 楠 echo zhēn nī, how Chinese begins Jeanette (珍妮特).

珍妮特 Zhēnnītè
我叫珍妮特。 Wǒ jiào Zhēnnītè. My name is Jeanette.
Jeanette en chino se escribe 珍妮特 (Zhēnnītè).
Janet is written 珍妮特 too.
石珍楠 Shí Zhēnnán
石 is a common family name; 珍 and 楠 echo zhēn nī, how Chinese begins Jeanette (珍妮特).
孔真宁 Kǒng Zhēnníng
孔 is a common family name; 真 and 宁 echo zhēn nī, how Chinese begins Jeanette (珍妮特).
白珍南 Bái Zhēnnán
白 is a common family name; 珍 and 南 echo zhēn nī, how Chinese begins Jeanette (珍妮特).
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Jeanette is 珍妮特 (Zhēnnītè) in Chinese. To say “My name is Jeanette”, say 我叫珍妮特 (Wǒ jiào Zhēnnītè).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 珍妮特 for how it sounds, Zhēnnītè, close to Jeanette. On its own, 珍 means precious thing, 妮 girl and 特 special.
Jeanette is written 珍妮特, 3 characters: 珍 (9 strokes), 妮 (8 strokes), 特 (10 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.