- 李 lǐ
- 黎 lí
- 任 rén
Each sounds like the start of Rivera, so a Chinese-style name for you can begin with one.
里维拉 Lǐwéilā
我叫约翰·里维拉。 Wǒ jiào Yuēhàn Lǐwéilā. My name is John Rivera.
Each sounds like the start of Rivera, so a Chinese-style name for you can begin with one.
Rivera is 里维拉 (Lǐwéilā) in Chinese. A full name keeps its English order with a dot between: John Rivera is 约翰·里维拉 (Yuēhàn Lǐwéilā).
李 (lǐ), 黎 (lí), 任 (rén): each sounds like the start of Rivera, so a Chinese-style name for you can begin with one.
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.
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.