郭兰黎 Guō Lánlí
- 郭 guō Family name
- 兰 lán orchid
- 黎 lí multitude
郭 is a common family name; 兰 and 黎 echo láo lì, how Chinese begins Laurie (劳丽).

劳丽 Láolì
我叫劳丽。 Wǒ jiào Láolì. My name is Laurie.
Laurie en chino se escribe 劳丽 (Láolì).
郭兰黎 Guō Lánlí
郭 is a common family name; 兰 and 黎 echo láo lì, how Chinese begins Laurie (劳丽).
谢岚林 Xiè Lánlín
谢 is a common family name; 岚 and 林 echo láo lì, how Chinese begins Laurie (劳丽).
唐兰丽 Táng Lánlì
唐 is a common family name; 兰 and 丽 echo láo lì, how Chinese begins Laurie (劳丽).
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Laurie is 劳丽 (Láolì) in Chinese. To say “My name is Laurie”, say 我叫劳丽 (Wǒ jiào Láolì).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 劳丽 for how it sounds, Láolì, close to Laurie. On its own, 劳 means labor and 丽 beautiful.
Laurie is written 劳丽, 2 characters: 劳 (7 strokes), 丽 (7 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.