杨明瑞 Yáng Míngruì
- 杨 yáng Family name
- 明 míng bright
- 瑞 ruì auspicious
杨 is a common family name; 明 and 瑞 for Martha’s M and R.
玛莎 Mǎshā
我叫玛莎。 Wǒ jiào Mǎshā. My name is Martha.
杨明瑞 Yáng Míngruì
杨 is a common family name; 明 and 瑞 for Martha’s M and R.
孙美荣 Sūn Měiróng
孙 is a common family name; 美 and 荣 for Martha’s M and R.
金曼瑞 Jīn Mànruì
金 is a common family name; 曼 and 瑞 for Martha’s M and R.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Martha is 玛莎 (Mǎshā) in Chinese. To say “My name is Martha”, say 我叫玛莎 (Wǒ jiào Mǎshā).
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.
Pinyin chart: every syllable, all four tones. Chinese words: the HSK list, one page each. Read any Mandarin: point at a word for its meaning.
Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese writes some names more than one way.