潘珂瑞 Pān Kēruì
- 潘 pān Family name
- 珂 kē jade-like stone
- 瑞 ruì auspicious
潘 is a common family name; 珂 and 瑞 for Karen’s K and R.
凯伦 Kǎilún
我叫凯伦。 Wǒ jiào Kǎilún. My name is Karen.
潘珂瑞 Pān Kēruì
潘 is a common family name; 珂 and 瑞 for Karen’s K and R.
白珂荣 Bái Kēróng
白 is a common family name; 珂 and 荣 for Karen’s K and R.
陈珂瑞 Chén Kēruì
陈 is a common family name; 珂 and 瑞 for Karen’s K and R.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Karen is 凯伦 (Kǎilún) in Chinese. To say “My name is Karen”, say 我叫凯伦 (Wǒ jiào Kǎilún).
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.