陈茂凯 Chén Màokǎi
- 陈 chén Family name
- 茂 mào luxuriant
- 凯 kǎi triumphant
陈 is a common family name; 茂 and 凯 for Mike’s M and K.
迈克 Màikè
我叫迈克。 Wǒ jiào Màikè. My name is Mike.
陈茂凯 Chén Màokǎi
陈 is a common family name; 茂 and 凯 for Mike’s M and K.
王明康 Wáng Míngkāng
王 is a common family name; 明 and 康 for Mike’s M and K.
潘木凯 Pān Mùkǎi
潘 is a common family name; 木 and 凯 for Mike’s M and K.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Mike is 迈克 (Màikè) in Chinese. To say “My name is Mike”, say 我叫迈克 (Wǒ jiào Màikè).
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.