潘朋彤 Pān Péngtóng
- 潘 pān Family name
- 朋 péng friend
- 彤 tóng red
潘 is a common family name; 朋 and 彤 for Patricia’s P and T.
帕特里夏 Pàtèlǐxià
我叫帕特里夏。 Wǒ jiào Pàtèlǐxià. My name is Patricia.
潘朋彤 Pān Péngtóng
潘 is a common family name; 朋 and 彤 for Patricia’s P and T.
白沛彤 Bái Pèitóng
白 is a common family name; 沛 and 彤 for Patricia’s P and T.
陈沛天 Chén Pèitiān
陈 is a common family name; 沛 and 天 for Patricia’s P and T.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Patricia is 帕特里夏 (Pàtèlǐxià) in Chinese. To say “My name is Patricia”, say 我叫帕特里夏 (Wǒ jiào Pàtèlǐxià).
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.