彭茂力 Péng Màolì
- 彭 péng Family name
- 茂 mào luxuriant
- 力 lì force
彭 is a common family name; 茂 and 力 echo mò lǐ, how Chinese begins Maurice (莫里斯).

莫里斯 Mòlǐsī
我叫莫里斯。 Wǒ jiào Mòlǐsī. My name is Maurice.
Maurice en chino se escribe 莫里斯 (Mòlǐsī).
彭茂力 Péng Màolì
彭 is a common family name; 茂 and 力 echo mò lǐ, how Chinese begins Maurice (莫里斯).
蒋木黎 Jiǎng Mùlí
蒋 is a common family name; 木 and 黎 echo mò lǐ, how Chinese begins Maurice (莫里斯).
任牧林 Rén Mùlín
任 is a common family name; 牧 and 林 echo mò lǐ, how Chinese begins Maurice (莫里斯).
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Maurice is 莫里斯 (Mòlǐsī) in Chinese. To say “My name is Maurice”, say 我叫莫里斯 (Wǒ jiào Mòlǐsī).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 莫里斯 for how it sounds, Mòlǐsī, close to Maurice. On its own, 莫 means don't and 里 inside.
Maurice is written 莫里斯, 3 characters: 莫 (10 strokes), 里 (7 strokes), 斯 (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.