王夏奥 Wáng Xià'ào
- 王 wáng Family name
- 夏 xià summer
- 奥 ào profound
王 is a common family name; 夏 and 奥 echo xiè ēn, how Chinese begins Shane (谢恩).

谢恩 Xiè'ēn
我叫谢恩。 Wǒ jiào Xiè'ēn. My name is Shane.
Shane en chino se escribe 谢恩 (Xiè'ēn).
王夏奥 Wáng Xià'ào
王 is a common family name; 夏 and 奥 echo xiè ēn, how Chinese begins Shane (谢恩).
李心恩 Lǐ Xīn'ēn
李 is a common family name; 心 and 恩 echo xiè ēn, how Chinese begins Shane (谢恩).
张轩安 Zhāng Xuān'ān
张 is a common family name; 轩 and 安 echo xiè ēn, how Chinese begins Shane (谢恩).
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Shane is 谢恩 (Xiè'ēn) in Chinese. To say “My name is Shane”, say 我叫谢恩 (Wǒ jiào Xiè'ēn).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 谢恩 for how it sounds, Xiè'ēn, close to Shane. On its own, 谢 means to thank and 恩 kindness.
Shane is written 谢恩, 2 characters: 谢 (12 strokes), 恩 (10 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.