杨健思 Yáng Jiànsī
- 杨 yáng Family name
- 健 jiàn healthy
- 思 sī to think
杨 is a common family name; 健 and 思 for Jesse’s J and S.
杰西 Jiéxī
我叫杰西。 Wǒ jiào Jiéxī. My name is Jesse.
杨健思 Yáng Jiànsī
杨 is a common family name; 健 and 思 for Jesse’s J and S.
孙嘉思 Sūn Jiāsī
孙 is a common family name; 嘉 and 思 for Jesse’s J and S.
金俊森 Jīn Jùnsēn
金 is a common family name; 俊 and 森 for Jesse’s J and S.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Jesse is 杰西 (Jiéxī) in Chinese. To say “My name is Jesse”, say 我叫杰西 (Wǒ jiào Jiéxī).
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.