孔萱丽 Kǒng Xuānlì
- 孔 kǒng Family name
- 萱 xuān daylily
- 丽 lì beautiful
孔 is a common family name; 萱 and 丽 echo xiè lì, how Chinese begins Shelly (谢莉).

谢莉 Xièlì
我叫谢莉。 Wǒ jiào Xièlì. My name is Shelly.
Shelly en chino se escribe 谢莉 (Xièlì).
孔萱丽 Kǒng Xuānlì
孔 is a common family name; 萱 and 丽 echo xiè lì, how Chinese begins Shelly (谢莉).
白雪丽 Bái Xuělì
白 is a common family name; 雪 and 丽 echo xiè lì, how Chinese begins Shelly (谢莉).
邱萱琳 Qiū Xuānlín
邱 is a common family name; 萱 and 琳 echo xiè lì, how Chinese begins Shelly (谢莉).
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Shelly is 谢莉 (Xièlì) in Chinese. To say “My name is Shelly”, say 我叫谢莉 (Wǒ jiào Xièlì).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 谢莉 for how it sounds, Xièlì, close to Shelly. On its own, 谢 means to thank.
Shelly is written 谢莉, 2 characters: 谢 (12 strokes), 莉 (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.