张龙达 Zhāng Lóngdá
- 张 zhāng Family name
- 龙 lóng dragon
- 达 dá to reach
张 is a common family name; 龙 and 达 echo luó dé, how Chinese begins Rodney (罗德尼).

罗德尼 Luódéní
我叫罗德尼。 Wǒ jiào Luódéní. My name is Rodney.
Rodney en chino se escribe 罗德尼 (Luódéní).
张龙达 Zhāng Lóngdá
张 is a common family name; 龙 and 达 echo luó dé, how Chinese begins Rodney (罗德尼).
陈朗迪 Chén Lǎngdí
陈 is a common family name; 朗 and 迪 echo luó dé, how Chinese begins Rodney (罗德尼).
杨龙笛 Yáng Lóngdí
杨 is a common family name; 龙 and 笛 echo luó dé, how Chinese begins Rodney (罗德尼).
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Rodney is 罗德尼 (Luódéní) in Chinese. To say “My name is Rodney”, say 我叫罗德尼 (Wǒ jiào Luódéní).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 罗德尼 for how it sounds, Luódéní, close to Rodney. On its own, 罗 means net, 德 virtue and 尼 Buddhist nun.
Rodney is written 罗德尼, 3 characters: 罗 (8 strokes), 德 (15 strokes), 尼 (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.