郭林贝 Guō Línbèi
- 郭 guō Family name
- 林 lín forest
- 贝 bèi shellfish
郭 is a common family name; 林 and 贝 echo lì bèi, how Chinese begins Rebekah (丽贝卡).

丽贝卡 Lìbèikǎ
我叫丽贝卡。 Wǒ jiào Lìbèikǎ. My name is Rebekah.
Rebekah en chino se escribe 丽贝卡 (Lìbèikǎ).
Rebecca is written 丽贝卡 too.
郭林贝 Guō Línbèi
郭 is a common family name; 林 and 贝 echo lì bèi, how Chinese begins Rebekah (丽贝卡).
谢丽蓓 Xiè Lìbèi
谢 is a common family name; 丽 and 蓓 echo lì bèi, how Chinese begins Rebekah (丽贝卡).
唐莉本 Táng Lìběn
唐 is a common family name; 莉 and 本 echo lì bèi, how Chinese begins Rebekah (丽贝卡).
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Rebekah is 丽贝卡 (Lìbèikǎ) in Chinese. To say “My name is Rebekah”, say 我叫丽贝卡 (Wǒ jiào Lìbèikǎ).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 丽贝卡 for how it sounds, Lìbèikǎ, close to Rebekah. On its own, 丽 means beautiful, 贝 shellfish and 卡 card.
Rebekah is written 丽贝卡, 3 characters: 丽 (7 strokes), 贝 (4 strokes), 卡 (5 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.