彭晶黎 Péng Jīnglí
- 彭 péng Family name
- 晶 jīng crystal
- 黎 lí multitude
彭 is a common family name; 晶 and 黎 echo jí lì, how Chinese begins Jillian (吉莉安).

吉莉安 Jílì'ān
我叫吉莉安。 Wǒ jiào Jílì'ān. My name is Jillian.
Jillian en chino se escribe 吉莉安 (Jílì'ān).
彭晶黎 Péng Jīnglí
彭 is a common family name; 晶 and 黎 echo jí lì, how Chinese begins Jillian (吉莉安).
蒋锦林 Jiǎng Jǐnlín
蒋 is a common family name; 锦 and 林 echo jí lì, how Chinese begins Jillian (吉莉安).
任静丽 Rén Jìnglì
任 is a common family name; 静 and 丽 echo jí lì, how Chinese begins Jillian (吉莉安).
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Jillian is 吉莉安 (Jílì'ān) in Chinese. To say “My name is Jillian”, say 我叫吉莉安 (Wǒ jiào Jílì'ān).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 吉莉安 for how it sounds, Jílì'ān, close to Jillian. On its own, 吉 means lucky and 安 safe.
Jillian is written 吉莉安, 3 characters: 吉 (6 strokes), 莉 (10 strokes), 安 (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.