彭珂欣 Péng Kēxīn
- 彭 péng Family name
- 珂 kē jade-like stone
- 欣 xīn happy
彭 is a common family name; 珂 and 欣 echo kǎi xī, how Chinese begins Kathy (凯茜).

凯茜 Kǎixī
我叫凯茜。 Wǒ jiào Kǎixī. My name is Kathy.
Kathy en chino se escribe 凯茜 (Kǎixī).
Cathy is written 凯茜 too.
彭珂欣 Péng Kēxīn
彭 is a common family name; 珂 and 欣 echo kǎi xī, how Chinese begins Kathy (凯茜).
蒋可萱 Jiǎng Kěxuān
蒋 is a common family name; 可 and 萱 echo kǎi xī, how Chinese begins Kathy (凯茜).
任宽欣 Rén Kuānxīn
任 is a common family name; 宽 and 欣 echo kǎi xī, how Chinese begins Kathy (凯茜).
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Kathy is 凯茜 (Kǎixī) in Chinese. To say “My name is Kathy”, say 我叫凯茜 (Wǒ jiào Kǎixī).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 凯茜 for how it sounds, Kǎixī, close to Kathy. On its own, 凯 means triumphant.
Kathy is written 凯茜, 2 characters: 凯 (8 strokes), 茜 (9 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.