陈龙林 Chén Lónglín
- 陈 chén Family name
- 龙 lóng dragon
- 林 lín forest
陈 is a common family name; 龙 and 林 for Leo’s L.
利奥 Lì'ào
我叫利奥。 Wǒ jiào Lì'ào. My name is Leo.
陈龙林 Chén Lónglín
陈 is a common family name; 龙 and 林 for Leo’s L.
张林龙 Zhāng Línlóng
张 is a common family name; 林 and 龙 for Leo’s L.
孔龙乐 Kǒng Lónglè
孔 is a common family name; 龙 and 乐 for Leo’s L.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Leo is 利奥 (Lì'ào) in Chinese. To say “My name is Leo”, say 我叫利奥 (Wǒ jiào Lì'ào).
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.