孔萱琳 Kǒng Xuānlín
- 孔 kǒng Family name
- 萱 xuān daylily
- 琳 lín fine jade
孔 is a common family name; 萱 and 琳 echo xiè lì, how Chinese begins Sherri (谢丽).

谢丽 Xièlì
我叫谢丽。 Wǒ jiào Xièlì. My name is Sherri.
Sherri en chino se escribe 谢丽 (Xièlì).
Sherry is written 谢丽 too.
孔萱琳 Kǒng Xuānlín
孔 is a common family name; 萱 and 琳 echo xiè lì, how Chinese begins Sherri (谢丽).
白雪丽 Bái Xuělì
白 is a common family name; 雪 and 丽 echo xiè lì, how Chinese begins Sherri (谢丽).
邱萱林 Qiū Xuānlín
邱 is a common family name; 萱 and 林 echo xiè lì, how Chinese begins Sherri (谢丽).
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Sherri is 谢丽 (Xièlì) in Chinese. To say “My name is Sherri”, say 我叫谢丽 (Wǒ jiào Xièlì).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 谢丽 for how it sounds, Xièlì, close to Sherri. On its own, 谢 means to thank and 丽 beautiful.
Sherri is written 谢丽, 2 characters: 谢 (12 strokes), 丽 (7 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.