郭朋乐 Guō Pénglè
- 郭 guō Family name
- 朋 péng friend
- 乐 lè happy
郭 is a common family name; 朋 and 乐 echo pǔ léi, how Chinese begins Preston (普雷斯顿).

普雷斯顿 Pǔléisīdùn
我叫普雷斯顿。 Wǒ jiào Pǔléisīdùn. My name is Preston.
Preston en chino se escribe 普雷斯顿 (Pǔléisīdùn).
郭朋乐 Guō Pénglè
郭 is a common family name; 朋 and 乐 echo pǔ léi, how Chinese begins Preston (普雷斯顿).
谢沛雷 Xiè Pèiléi
谢 is a common family name; 沛 and 雷 echo pǔ léi, how Chinese begins Preston (普雷斯顿).
唐平雷 Táng Píngléi
唐 is a common family name; 平 and 雷 echo pǔ léi, how Chinese begins Preston (普雷斯顿).
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Preston is 普雷斯顿 (Pǔléisīdùn) in Chinese. To say “My name is Preston”, say 我叫普雷斯顿 (Wǒ jiào Pǔléisīdùn).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 普雷斯顿 for how it sounds, Pǔléisīdùn, close to Preston. On its own, 普 means general, 雷 thunder and 顿 to pause.
Preston is written 普雷斯顿, 4 characters: 普 (12 strokes), 雷 (13 strokes), 斯 (12 strokes), 顿 (10 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.