马林康 Mǎ Línkāng
- 马 mǎ Family name
- 林 lín forest
- 康 kāng healthy
马 is a common family name; 林 and 康 for Luke’s L and K.
卢克 Lúkè
我叫卢克。 Wǒ jiào Lúkè. My name is Luke.
马林康 Mǎ Línkāng
马 is a common family name; 林 and 康 for Luke’s L and K.
金力凯 Jīn Lìkǎi
金 is a common family name; 力 and 凯 for Luke’s L and K.
秦林康 Qín Línkāng
秦 is a common family name; 林 and 康 for Luke’s L and K.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Luke is 卢克 (Lúkè) in Chinese. To say “My name is Luke”, say 我叫卢克 (Wǒ jiào Lúkè).
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.