曹强笛 Cáo Qiángdí
- 曹 cáo Family name
- 强 qiáng strong
- 笛 dí flute
曹 is a common family name; 强 and 笛 echo qiáo dí, how Chinese begins Jody (乔迪).

乔迪 Qiáodí
我叫乔迪。 Wǒ jiào Qiáodí. My name is Jody.
Jody en chino se escribe 乔迪 (Qiáodí).
Jodi is written 乔迪 too.
曹强笛 Cáo Qiángdí
曹 is a common family name; 强 and 笛 echo qiáo dí, how Chinese begins Jody (乔迪).
彭乔迪 Péng Qiáodí
彭 is a common family name; 乔 and 迪 echo qiáo dí, how Chinese begins Jody (乔迪).
蒋强笛 Jiǎng Qiángdí
蒋 is a common family name; 强 and 笛 echo qiáo dí, how Chinese begins Jody (乔迪).
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Jody is 乔迪 (Qiáodí) in Chinese. To say “My name is Jody”, say 我叫乔迪 (Wǒ jiào Qiáodí).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 乔迪 for how it sounds, Qiáodí, close to Jody. On its own, 乔 means tall.
Jody is written 乔迪, 2 characters: 乔 (6 strokes), 迪 (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.