杨嘉琳 Yáng Jiālín
- 杨 yáng Family name
- 嘉 jiā good
- 琳 lín fine jade
杨 is a common family name; 嘉 and 琳 for Julia’s J and L.
朱莉娅 Zhūlìyà
我叫朱莉娅。 Wǒ jiào Zhūlìyà. My name is Julia.
杨嘉琳 Yáng Jiālín
杨 is a common family name; 嘉 and 琳 for Julia’s J and L.
孙晶琳 Sūn Jīnglín
孙 is a common family name; 晶 and 琳 for Julia’s J and L.
方嘉丽 Fāng Jiālì
方 is a common family name; 嘉 and 丽 for Julia’s J and L.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Julia is 朱莉娅 (Zhūlìyà) in Chinese. To say “My name is Julia”, say 我叫朱莉娅 (Wǒ jiào Zhūlìyà).
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.
Pinyin chart: every syllable, all four tones. Chinese words: the HSK list, one page each. Read any Mandarin: point at a word for its meaning.
Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese writes some names more than one way.