潘素妮 Pān Sùnī
- 潘 pān Family name
- 素 sù plain
- 妮 nī girl
潘 is a common family name; 素 and 妮 for Sandra’s S and N.
桑德拉 Sāngdélā
我叫桑德拉。 Wǒ jiào Sāngdélā. My name is Sandra.
潘素妮 Pān Sùnī
潘 is a common family name; 素 and 妮 for Sandra’s S and N.
白思诺 Bái Sīnuò
白 is a common family name; 思 and 诺 for Sandra’s S and N.
陈素宁 Chén Sùníng
陈 is a common family name; 素 and 宁 for Sandra’s S and N.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Sandra is 桑德拉 (Sāngdélā) in Chinese. To say “My name is Sandra”, say 我叫桑德拉 (Wǒ jiào Sāngdélā).
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.