邓玛笛 Dèng Mǎdí
- 邓 dèng Family name
- 玛 mǎ agate
- 笛 dí flute
邓 is a common family name; 玛 and 笛 echo mǎ dé, how Chinese begins Madeline (玛德琳).
玛德琳 Mǎdélín
我叫玛德琳。 Wǒ jiào Mǎdélín. My name is Madeline.
邓玛笛 Dèng Mǎdí
邓 is a common family name; 玛 and 笛 echo mǎ dé, how Chinese begins Madeline (玛德琳).
曹曼蝶 Cáo Màndié
曹 is a common family name; 曼 and 蝶 echo mǎ dé, how Chinese begins Madeline (玛德琳).
彭玛丹 Péng Mǎdān
彭 is a common family name; 玛 and 丹 echo mǎ dé, how Chinese begins Madeline (玛德琳).
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Madeline is 玛德琳 (Mǎdélín) in Chinese. To say “My name is Madeline”, say 我叫玛德琳 (Wǒ jiào Mǎdélín).
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.