王曼黎 Wáng Mànlí
- 王 wáng Family name
- 曼 màn graceful
- 黎 lí multitude
王 is a common family name; 曼 and 黎 echo mǎ lì, how Chinese begins Mariah (玛丽亚).
玛丽亚 Mǎlìyà
我叫玛丽亚。 Wǒ jiào Mǎlìyà. My name is Mariah.
王曼黎 Wáng Mànlí
王 is a common family name; 曼 and 黎 echo mǎ lì, how Chinese begins Mariah (玛丽亚).
李玛林 Lǐ Mǎlín
李 is a common family name; 玛 and 林 echo mǎ lì, how Chinese begins Mariah (玛丽亚).
张曼丽 Zhāng Mànlì
张 is a common family name; 曼 and 丽 echo mǎ lì, how Chinese begins Mariah (玛丽亚).
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Mariah is 玛丽亚 (Mǎlìyà) in Chinese. To say “My name is Mariah”, say 我叫玛丽亚 (Wǒ jiào Mǎlìyà).
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.