倪明雪 Ní Míngxuě
- 倪 ní Family name
- 明 míng bright
- 雪 xuě snow
倪 is a common family name; 明 and 雪 echo mǐ xiē, how Chinese begins Michele (米歇尔).

米歇尔 Mǐxiē'ěr
我叫米歇尔。 Wǒ jiào Mǐxiē'ěr. My name is Michele.
Michele en chino se escribe 米歇尔 (Mǐxiē'ěr).
Michelle is written 米歇尔 too.
倪明雪 Ní Míngxuě
倪 is a common family name; 明 and 雪 echo mǐ xiē, how Chinese begins Michele (米歇尔).
王敏萱 Wáng Mǐnxuān
王 is a common family name; 敏 and 萱 echo mǐ xiē, how Chinese begins Michele (米歇尔).
李民雪 Lǐ Mínxuě
李 is a common family name; 民 and 雪 echo mǐ xiē, how Chinese begins Michele (米歇尔).
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Michele is 米歇尔 (Mǐxiē'ěr) in Chinese. To say “My name is Michele”, say 我叫米歇尔 (Wǒ jiào Mǐxiē'ěr).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 米歇尔 for how it sounds, Mǐxiē'ěr, close to Michele. On its own, 米 means rice and 歇 to rest.
Michele is written 米歇尔, 3 characters: 米 (6 strokes), 歇 (13 strokes), 尔 (5 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.