孙杰黎 Sūn Jiélí
- 孙 sūn Family name
- 杰 jié outstanding person
- 黎 lí multitude
孙 is a common family name; 杰 and 黎 echo jié lǐ, how Chinese begins Jeremiah (杰里迈亚).

杰里迈亚 Jiélǐmàiyà
我叫杰里迈亚。 Wǒ jiào Jiélǐmàiyà. My name is Jeremiah.
Jeremiah en chino se escribe 杰里迈亚 (Jiélǐmàiyà).
孙杰黎 Sūn Jiélí
孙 is a common family name; 杰 and 黎 echo jié lǐ, how Chinese begins Jeremiah (杰里迈亚).
马健林 Mǎ Jiànlín
马 is a common family name; 健 and 林 echo jié lǐ, how Chinese begins Jeremiah (杰里迈亚).
郭杰力 Guō Jiélì
郭 is a common family name; 杰 and 力 echo jié lǐ, how Chinese begins Jeremiah (杰里迈亚).
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Jeremiah is 杰里迈亚 (Jiélǐmàiyà) in Chinese. To say “My name is Jeremiah”, say 我叫杰里迈亚 (Wǒ jiào Jiélǐmàiyà).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 杰里迈亚 for how it sounds, Jiélǐmàiyà, close to Jeremiah. On its own, 杰 means outstanding person, 里 inside, 迈 to stride and 亚 Asia.
Jeremiah is written 杰里迈亚, 4 characters: 杰 (8 strokes), 里 (7 strokes), 迈 (6 strokes), 亚 (6 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.