倪乔安 Ní Qiáo'ān
- 倪 ní Family name
- 乔 qiáo tall
- 安 ān safe
倪 is a common family name; 乔 and 安 echo qiáo ěr, how Chinese begins Joel (乔尔).

乔尔 Qiáo'ěr
我叫乔尔。 Wǒ jiào Qiáo'ěr. My name is Joel.
Joel en chino se escribe 乔尔 (Qiáo'ěr).
倪乔安 Ní Qiáo'ān
倪 is a common family name; 乔 and 安 echo qiáo ěr, how Chinese begins Joel (乔尔).
王强安 Wáng Qiáng'ān
王 is a common family name; 强 and 安 echo qiáo ěr, how Chinese begins Joel (乔尔).
李乔安 Lǐ Qiáo'ān
李 is a common family name; 乔 and 安 echo qiáo ěr, how Chinese begins Joel (乔尔).
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Joel is 乔尔 (Qiáo'ěr) in Chinese. To say “My name is Joel”, say 我叫乔尔 (Wǒ jiào Qiáo'ěr).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 乔尔 for how it sounds, Qiáo'ěr, close to Joel. On its own, 乔 means tall.
Joel is written 乔尔, 2 characters: 乔 (6 strokes), 尔 (5 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.