杨曼黎 Yáng Mànlí
- 杨 yáng Family name
- 曼 màn graceful
- 黎 lí multitude
杨 is a common family name; 曼 and 黎 echo mǎ lì, how Chinese begins Marina (玛丽娜).
玛丽娜 Mǎlìnà
我叫玛丽娜。 Wǒ jiào Mǎlìnà. My name is Marina.
杨曼黎 Yáng Mànlí
杨 is a common family name; 曼 and 黎 echo mǎ lì, how Chinese begins Marina (玛丽娜).
黄玛林 Huáng Mǎlín
黄 is a common family name; 玛 and 林 echo mǎ lì, how Chinese begins Marina (玛丽娜).
孙曼丽 Sūn Mànlì
孙 is a common family name; 曼 and 丽 echo mǎ lì, how Chinese begins Marina (玛丽娜).
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Marina is 玛丽娜 (Mǎlìnà) in Chinese. To say “My name is Marina”, say 我叫玛丽娜 (Wǒ jiào Mǎlìnà).
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.