白茂恺 Bái Màokǎi
- 白 bái Family name
- 茂 mào luxuriant
- 恺 kǎi joyful
白 is a common family name; 茂 and 恺 echo mǎ kè, how Chinese begins Marc (马克).

马克 Mǎkè
我叫马克。 Wǒ jiào Mǎkè. My name is Marc.
Marc en chino se escribe 马克 (Mǎkè).
Mark is written 马克 too.
白茂恺 Bái Màokǎi
白 is a common family name; 茂 and 恺 echo mǎ kè, how Chinese begins Marc (马克).
邱墨宽 Qiū Mòkuān
邱 is a common family name; 墨 and 宽 echo mǎ kè, how Chinese begins Marc (马克).
安萌可 Ān Méngkě
安 is a common family name; 萌 and 可 echo mǎ kè, how Chinese begins Marc (马克).
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Marc is 马克 (Mǎkè) in Chinese. To say “My name is Marc”, say 我叫马克 (Wǒ jiào Mǎkè).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 马克 for how it sounds, Mǎkè, close to Marc. On its own, 马 means horse and 克 gram.
Marc is written 马克, 2 characters: 马 (3 strokes), 克 (7 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.