马秋安 Mǎ Qiū'ān
- 马 mǎ Family name
- 秋 qiū autumn
- 安 ān safe
马 is a common family name; 秋 and 安 echo qiáo ān, how Chinese begins Joanna (乔安娜).

乔安娜 Qiáo'ānnà
我叫乔安娜。 Wǒ jiào Qiáo'ānnà. My name is Joanna.
Joanna en chino se escribe 乔安娜 (Qiáo'ānnà).
马秋安 Mǎ Qiū'ān
马 is a common family name; 秋 and 安 echo qiáo ān, how Chinese begins Joanna (乔安娜).
郭乔爱 Guō Qiáo'ài
郭 is a common family name; 乔 and 爱 echo qiáo ān, how Chinese begins Joanna (乔安娜).
谢倩艾 Xiè Qiàn'ài
谢 is a common family name; 倩 and 艾 echo qiáo ān, how Chinese begins Joanna (乔安娜).
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Joanna is 乔安娜 (Qiáo'ānnà) in Chinese. To say “My name is Joanna”, say 我叫乔安娜 (Wǒ jiào Qiáo'ānnà).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 乔安娜 for how it sounds, Qiáo'ānnà, close to Joanna. On its own, 乔 means tall and 安 safe.
Joanna is written 乔安娜, 3 characters: 乔 (6 strokes), 安 (6 strokes), 娜 (9 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.