任锋林 Rén Fēnglín
- 任 rén Family name
- 锋 fēng edge
- 林 lín forest
任 is a common family name; 锋 and 林 echo fēi lì, how Chinese begins Phillip (菲利普).

菲利普 Fēilìpǔ
我叫菲利普。 Wǒ jiào Fēilìpǔ. My name is Phillip.
Phillip en chino se escribe 菲利普 (Fēilìpǔ).
Philip is written 菲利普 too.
任锋林 Rén Fēnglín
任 is a common family name; 锋 and 林 echo fēi lì, how Chinese begins Phillip (菲利普).
石飞力 Shí Fēilì
石 is a common family name; 飞 and 力 echo fēi lì, how Chinese begins Phillip (菲利普).
孔峰力 Kǒng Fēnglì
孔 is a common family name; 峰 and 力 echo fēi lì, how Chinese begins Phillip (菲利普).
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Phillip is 菲利普 (Fēilìpǔ) in Chinese. To say “My name is Phillip”, say 我叫菲利普 (Wǒ jiào Fēilìpǔ).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 菲利普 for how it sounds, Fēilìpǔ, close to Phillip. On its own, 菲 means luxuriant, 利 advantage and 普 general.
Phillip is written 菲利普, 3 characters: 菲 (11 strokes), 利 (7 strokes), 普 (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.