孔秋安 Kǒng Qiū'ān
- 孔 kǒng Family name
- 秋 qiū autumn
- 安 ān safe
孔 is a common family name; 秋 and 安 echo qiáo ān, how Chinese begins Joanne (乔安妮).

乔安妮 Qiáo'ānnī
我叫乔安妮。 Wǒ jiào Qiáo'ānnī. My name is Joanne.
Joanne en chino se escribe 乔安妮 (Qiáo'ānnī).
孔秋安 Kǒng Qiū'ān
孔 is a common family name; 秋 and 安 echo qiáo ān, how Chinese begins Joanne (乔安妮).
白乔爱 Bái Qiáo'ài
白 is a common family name; 乔 and 爱 echo qiáo ān, how Chinese begins Joanne (乔安妮).
邱倩艾 Qiū Qiàn'ài
邱 is a common family name; 倩 and 艾 echo qiáo ān, how Chinese begins Joanne (乔安妮).
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Joanne is 乔安妮 (Qiáo'ānnī) in Chinese. To say “My name is Joanne”, say 我叫乔安妮 (Wǒ jiào Qiáo'ānnī).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 乔安妮 for how it sounds, Qiáo'ānnī, close to Joanne. On its own, 乔 means tall, 安 safe and 妮 girl.
Joanne is written 乔安妮, 3 characters: 乔 (6 strokes), 安 (6 strokes), 妮 (8 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.