孙林逸 Sūn Línyì
- 孙 sūn Family name
- 林 lín forest
- 逸 yì leisurely
孙 is a common family name; 林 and 逸 echo lù yì, how Chinese begins Luis (路易斯).

路易斯 Lùyìsī
我叫路易斯。 Wǒ jiào Lùyìsī. My name is Luis.
Luis en chino se escribe 路易斯 (Lùyìsī).
Louis is written 路易斯 too.
孙林逸 Sūn Línyì
孙 is a common family name; 林 and 逸 echo lù yì, how Chinese begins Luis (路易斯).
马磊毅 Mǎ Lěiyì
马 is a common family name; 磊 and 毅 echo lù yì, how Chinese begins Luis (路易斯).
郭龙艺 Guō Lóngyì
郭 is a common family name; 龙 and 艺 echo lù yì, how Chinese begins Luis (路易斯).
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Luis is 路易斯 (Lùyìsī) in Chinese. To say “My name is Luis”, say 我叫路易斯 (Wǒ jiào Lùyìsī).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 路易斯 for how it sounds, Lùyìsī, close to Luis. On its own, 路 means road and 易 easy.
Luis is written 路易斯, 3 characters: 路 (13 strokes), 易 (8 strokes), 斯 (12 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.