石朋妮 Shí Péngnī
- 石 shí Family name
- 朋 péng friend
- 妮 nī girl
石 is a common family name; 朋 and 妮 echo péng nī, how Chinese begins Penny (彭妮).

彭妮 Péngnī
我叫彭妮。 Wǒ jiào Péngnī. My name is Penny.
Penny en chino se escribe 彭妮 (Péngnī).
石朋妮 Shí Péngnī
石 is a common family name; 朋 and 妮 echo péng nī, how Chinese begins Penny (彭妮).
孔沛宁 Kǒng Pèiníng
孔 is a common family name; 沛 and 宁 echo péng nī, how Chinese begins Penny (彭妮).
白朋妮 Bái Péngnī
白 is a common family name; 朋 and 妮 echo péng nī, how Chinese begins Penny (彭妮).
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Penny is 彭妮 (Péngnī) in Chinese. To say “My name is Penny”, say 我叫彭妮 (Wǒ jiào Péngnī).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 彭妮 for how it sounds, Péngnī, close to Penny. On its own, 妮 means girl.
Penny is written 彭妮, 2 characters: 彭 (12 strokes), 妮 (8 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.