蔡茂泰 Cài Màotài
- 蔡 cài Family name
- 茂 mào luxuriant
- 泰 tài peaceful
蔡 is a common family name; 茂 and 泰 for Matt’s M and T.
马特 Mǎtè
我叫马特。 Wǒ jiào Mǎtè. My name is Matt.
蔡茂泰 Cài Màotài
蔡 is a common family name; 茂 and 泰 for Matt’s M and T.
黄明涛 Huáng Míngtāo
黄 is a common family name; 明 and 涛 for Matt’s M and T.
唐木涛 Táng Mùtāo
唐 is a common family name; 木 and 涛 for Matt’s M and T.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Matt is 马特 (Mǎtè) in Chinese. To say “My name is Matt”, say 我叫马特 (Wǒ jiào Mǎtè).
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.