李逸海 Lǐ Yìhǎi
- 李 lǐ Family name
- 逸 yì leisurely
- 海 hǎi sea
李 is a common family name; 逸 and 海 echo yuē hàn, how Chinese begins Johnny (约翰尼).

约翰尼 Yuēhànní
我叫约翰尼。 Wǒ jiào Yuēhànní. My name is Johnny.
Johnny en chino se escribe 约翰尼 (Yuēhànní).
李逸海 Lǐ Yìhǎi
李 is a common family name; 逸 and 海 echo yuē hàn, how Chinese begins Johnny (约翰尼).
张扬豪 Zhāng Yángháo
张 is a common family name; 扬 and 豪 echo yuē hàn, how Chinese begins Johnny (约翰尼).
陈耀华 Chén Yàohuá
陈 is a common family name; 耀 and 华 echo yuē hàn, how Chinese begins Johnny (约翰尼).
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Johnny is 约翰尼 (Yuēhànní) in Chinese. To say “My name is Johnny”, say 我叫约翰尼 (Wǒ jiào Yuēhànní).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 约翰尼 for how it sounds, Yuēhànní, close to Johnny. On its own, 约 means to make an appointment and 尼 Buddhist nun.
Johnny is written 约翰尼, 3 characters: 约 (6 strokes), 翰 (16 strokes), 尼 (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.