倪明仁 Ní Míngrén
- 倪 ní Family name
- 明 míng bright
- 仁 rén benevolence
倪 is a common family name; 明 and 仁 for Martin’s M and R.
马丁 Mǎdīng
我叫马丁。 Wǒ jiào Mǎdīng. My name is Martin.
倪明仁 Ní Míngrén
倪 is a common family name; 明 and 仁 for Martin’s M and R.
陈茂荣 Chén Màoróng
陈 is a common family name; 茂 and 荣 for Martin’s M and R.
白民仁 Bái Mínrén
白 is a common family name; 民 and 仁 for Martin’s M and R.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Martin is 马丁 (Mǎdīng) in Chinese. To say “My name is Martin”, say 我叫马丁 (Wǒ jiào Mǎdīng).
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.