白兰森 Bái Lánsēn
- 白 bái Family name
- 兰 lán orchid
- 森 sēn forest
白 is a common family name; 兰 and 森 echo lái sī, how Chinese begins Leslie (莱斯利).

莱斯利 Láisīlì
我叫莱斯利。 Wǒ jiào Láisīlì. My name is Leslie.
Leslie en chino se escribe 莱斯利 (Láisīlì).
白兰森 Bái Lánsēn
白 is a common family name; 兰 and 森 echo lái sī, how Chinese begins Leslie (莱斯利).
邱朗思 Qiū Lǎngsī
邱 is a common family name; 朗 and 思 echo lái sī, how Chinese begins Leslie (莱斯利).
安岚森 Ān Lánsēn
安 is a common family name; 岚 and 森 echo lái sī, how Chinese begins Leslie (莱斯利).
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Leslie is 莱斯利 (Láisīlì) in Chinese. To say “My name is Leslie”, say 我叫莱斯利 (Wǒ jiào Láisīlì).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 莱斯利 for how it sounds, Láisīlì, close to Leslie. On its own, 利 means advantage.
Leslie is written 莱斯利, 3 characters: 莱 (10 strokes), 斯 (12 strokes), 利 (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.