曹珂笛 Cáo Kēdí
- 曹 cáo Family name
- 珂 kē jade-like stone
- 笛 dí flute
曹 is a common family name; 珂 and 笛 echo kǎi dì, how Chinese begins Katie (凯蒂).

凯蒂 Kǎidì
我叫凯蒂。 Wǒ jiào Kǎidì. My name is Katie.
Katie en chino se escribe 凯蒂 (Kǎidì).
曹珂笛 Cáo Kēdí
曹 is a common family name; 珂 and 笛 echo kǎi dì, how Chinese begins Katie (凯蒂).
彭可迪 Péng Kědí
彭 is a common family name; 可 and 迪 echo kǎi dì, how Chinese begins Katie (凯蒂).
蒋宽笛 Jiǎng Kuāndí
蒋 is a common family name; 宽 and 笛 echo kǎi dì, how Chinese begins Katie (凯蒂).
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Katie is 凯蒂 (Kǎidì) in Chinese. To say “My name is Katie”, say 我叫凯蒂 (Wǒ jiào Kǎidì).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 凯蒂 for how it sounds, Kǎidì, close to Katie. On its own, 凯 means triumphant and 蒂 stalk.
Katie is written 凯蒂, 2 characters: 凯 (8 strokes), 蒂 (12 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.