--- title: "Preston in Chinese: 普雷斯顿 (Pǔléisīdùn), Meaning and How to Write It" description: "Preston in Chinese is 普雷斯顿 (Pǔléisīdùn), picked for its sound: 普 general, 雷 thunder, 顿 to pause. Hear it, watch each stroke drawn, and get a Chinese-style name like 郭朋乐: 朋 friend, 乐 happy." canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/preston" author: "Mandarin The Wild" --- [Your name in Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name) # Preston in Chinese 熊猫xióngmāopanda ## How Chinese writes Preston 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). ## How to write 普雷斯顿 1. [pǔ12 strokesgeneral](https://mandarinthewild.com/stroke-order/%E6%99%AE) 2. [léi13 strokesthunder](https://mandarinthewild.com/stroke-order/%E9%9B%B7) 3. [sī12 strokes](https://mandarinthewild.com/stroke-order/%E6%96%AF) 4. [dùn10 strokesto pause](https://mandarinthewild.com/stroke-order/%E9%A1%BF) ## Chinese-style names for Preston 郭朋乐 Guō Pénglè 1. 郭 guō Family name 2. 朋 péng friend 3. 乐 lè happy 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 1. 谢 xiè Family name 2. 沛 pèi abundant 3. 雷 léi thunder 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 1. 唐 táng Family name 2. 平 píng flat 3. 雷 léi thunder 唐 is a common family name; 平 and 雷 echo pǔ léi, how Chinese begins Preston (普雷斯顿). Add your last name for a family name that matches it. ## A name seal for Preston ## More names - [Paul 保罗](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/paul) - [Patrick 帕特里克](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/patrick) - [Peter 彼得](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/peter) - [Philip 菲利普](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/philip) - [Patricia 帕特里夏](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/patricia) - [Pamela 帕梅拉](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/pamela) - [Penelope 佩内洛普](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/penelope) - [Priya 普丽娅](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/priya) - [Parker 帕克](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/parker) - [Pablo 帕布洛](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/pablo) - [Pedro 佩德罗](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/pedro) - [Pierre 皮埃尔](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/pierre) HSK 1 · Now read them in a real story ## 我爸爸叫爸爸 How to say my name is in Chinese 中文怎么说名字？ 说“我叫”，后边是你的名字。 说“我的名字叫”“我的名字是”也对，可是中国人多说“我叫”。 中国人的名字，姓在前边，名字在后边。 [Keep reading](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-say-my-name-is-in-chinese#library-word-76-90) ## How do you say Preston in Chinese? 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). ## What does 普雷斯顿 mean? 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. ## How do you write Preston in Chinese? 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. ## How does Chinese write English names? 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. ## What is a Chinese-style 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. ## Can I use this name? 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. ## More free tools - [Your name as a Chinese seal](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-seal-generator) - [Chinese name to pinyin](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name-to-pinyin) - [Chinese tattoo checker](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-tattoo-translator) - [Say hello in Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-greetings) - [Pinyin chart](https://mandarinthewild.com/pinyin-chart) - [Read any Mandarin](https://mandarinthewild.com/read) Meanings from our own dictionary. Chinese writes some names more than one way.