任露思 Rén Lùsī
- 任 rén Family name
- 露 lù dew
- 思 sī to think
任 is a common family name; 露 and 思 for Lucy’s L and S.
露西 Lùxī
我叫露西。 Wǒ jiào Lùxī. My name is Lucy.
任露思 Rén Lùsī
任 is a common family name; 露 and 思 for Lucy’s L and S.
沈林素 Shěn Línsù
沈 is a common family name; 林 and 素 for Lucy’s L and S.
李丽思 Lǐ Lìsī
李 is a common family name; 丽 and 思 for Lucy’s L and S.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Lucy is 露西 (Lùxī) in Chinese. To say “My name is Lucy”, say 我叫露西 (Wǒ jiào Lùxī).
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.