陈墨力 Chén Mòlì
- 陈 chén Family name
- 墨 mò ink
- 力 lì force
陈 is a common family name; 墨 and 力 echo mǎ lǐ, how Chinese begins Mario (马里奥).

马里奥 Mǎlǐ'ào
我叫马里奥。 Wǒ jiào Mǎlǐ'ào. My name is Mario.
Mario en chino se escribe 马里奥 (Mǎlǐ'ào).
陈墨力 Chén Mòlì
陈 is a common family name; 墨 and 力 echo mǎ lǐ, how Chinese begins Mario (马里奥).
杨萌黎 Yáng Ménglí
杨 is a common family name; 萌 and 黎 echo mǎ lǐ, how Chinese begins Mario (马里奥).
黄茂力 Huáng Màolì
黄 is a common family name; 茂 and 力 echo mǎ lǐ, how Chinese begins Mario (马里奥).
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Mario is 马里奥 (Mǎlǐ'ào) in Chinese. To say “My name is Mario”, say 我叫马里奥 (Wǒ jiào Mǎlǐ'ào).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 马里奥 for how it sounds, Mǎlǐ'ào, close to Mario. On its own, 马 means horse, 里 inside and 奥 profound.
Mario is written 马里奥, 3 characters: 马 (3 strokes), 里 (7 strokes), 奥 (12 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.