马琳荣 Mǎ Línróng
- 马 mǎ Family name
- 琳 lín fine jade
- 荣 róng honor
马 is a common family name; 琳 and 荣 for Lori’s L and R.
洛丽 Luòlì
我叫洛丽。 Wǒ jiào Luòlì. My name is Lori.
马琳荣 Mǎ Línróng
马 is a common family name; 琳 and 荣 for Lori’s L and R.
蔡林瑞 Cài Línruì
蔡 is a common family name; 林 and 瑞 for Lori’s L and R.
丁莉荣 Dīng Lìróng
丁 is a common family name; 莉 and 荣 for Lori’s L and R.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Lori is 洛丽 (Luòlì) in Chinese. To say “My name is Lori”, say 我叫洛丽 (Wǒ jiào Luòlì).
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.