白思泰 Bái Sītài
- 白 bái Family name
- 思 sī to think
- 泰 tài peaceful
白 is a common family name; 思 and 泰 for Scott’s S and T.
斯科特 Sīkētè
我叫斯科特。 Wǒ jiào Sīkētè. My name is Scott.
白思泰 Bái Sītài
白 is a common family name; 思 and 泰 for Scott’s S and T.
潘森泰 Pān Sēntài
潘 is a common family name; 森 and 泰 for Scott’s S and T.
张思天 Zhāng Sītiān
张 is a common family name; 思 and 天 for Scott’s S and T.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Scott is 斯科特 (Sīkētè) in Chinese. To say “My name is Scott”, say 我叫斯科特 (Wǒ jiào Sīkētè).
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.