潘瑞柏 Pān Ruìbǎi
- 潘 pān Family name
- 瑞 ruì auspicious
- 柏 bǎi cypress
潘 is a common family name; 瑞 and 柏 for Robert’s R and B.
罗伯特 Luóbótè
我叫罗伯特。 Wǒ jiào Luóbótè. My name is Robert.
潘瑞柏 Pān Ruìbǎi
潘 is a common family name; 瑞 and 柏 for Robert’s R and B.
白荣宝 Bái Róngbǎo
白 is a common family name; 荣 and 宝 for Robert’s R and B.
陈荣博 Chén Róngbó
陈 is a common family name; 荣 and 博 for Robert’s R and B.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Robert is 罗伯特 (Luóbótè) in Chinese. To say “My name is Robert”, say 我叫罗伯特 (Wǒ jiào Luóbótè).
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.
Pinyin chart: every syllable, all four tones. Chinese words: the HSK list, one page each. Read any Mandarin: point at a word for its meaning.
Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese writes some names more than one way.