杨丽棠 Yáng Lìtáng
- 杨 yáng Family name
- 丽 lì beautiful
- 棠 táng birchleaf pear
杨 is a common family name; 丽 and 棠 echo lì tǎ, how Chinese begins Rita (丽塔).

丽塔 Lìtǎ
我叫丽塔。 Wǒ jiào Lìtǎ. My name is Rita.
Rita en chino se escribe 丽塔 (Lìtǎ).
杨丽棠 Yáng Lìtáng
杨 is a common family name; 丽 and 棠 echo lì tǎ, how Chinese begins Rita (丽塔).
黄莉桃 Huáng Lìtáo
黄 is a common family name; 莉 and 桃 echo lì tǎ, how Chinese begins Rita (丽塔).
孙琳棠 Sūn Líntáng
孙 is a common family name; 琳 and 棠 echo lì tǎ, how Chinese begins Rita (丽塔).
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Rita is 丽塔 (Lìtǎ) in Chinese. To say “My name is Rita”, say 我叫丽塔 (Wǒ jiào Lìtǎ).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 丽塔 for how it sounds, Lìtǎ, close to Rita. On its own, 丽 means beautiful and 塔 pagoda.
Rita is written 丽塔, 2 characters: 丽 (7 strokes), 塔 (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.