秦凯泰 Qín Kǎitài
- 秦 qín Family name
- 凯 kǎi triumphant
- 泰 tài peaceful
秦 is a common family name; 凯 and 泰 for Keith’s K and T.
基思 Jīsī
我叫基思。 Wǒ jiào Jīsī. My name is Keith.
秦凯泰 Qín Kǎitài
秦 is a common family name; 凯 and 泰 for Keith’s K and T.
谢康泰 Xiè Kāngtài
谢 is a common family name; 康 and 泰 for Keith’s K and T.
曾凯泰 Zēng Kǎitài
曾 is a common family name; 凯 and 泰 for Keith’s K and T.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Keith is 基思 (Jīsī) in Chinese. To say “My name is Keith”, say 我叫基思 (Wǒ jiào Jīsī).
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.