孔木天 Kǒng Mùtiān
- 孔 kǒng Family name
- 木 mù tree
- 天 tiān sky
孔 is a common family name; 木 and 天 for Mateo’s M and T.
马特奥 Mǎtè'ào
我叫马特奥。 Wǒ jiào Mǎtè'ào. My name is Mateo.
孔木天 Kǒng Mùtiān
孔 is a common family name; 木 and 天 for Mateo’s M and T.
高民天 Gāo Míntiān
高 is a common family name; 民 and 天 for Mateo’s M and T.
安茂涛 Ān Màotāo
安 is a common family name; 茂 and 涛 for Mateo’s M and T.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Mateo is 马特奥 (Mǎtè'ào) in Chinese. To say “My name is Mateo”, say 我叫马特奥 (Wǒ jiào Mǎtè'ào).
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.