冯萱琳 Féng Xuānlín
- 冯 féng Family name
- 萱 xuān daylily
- 琳 lín fine jade
冯 is a common family name; 萱 and 琳 echo xiè lì, how Chinese begins Sherry (谢丽).

谢丽 Xièlì
我叫谢丽。 Wǒ jiào Xièlì. My name is Sherry.
Sherry en chino se escribe 谢丽 (Xièlì).
Sherri is written 谢丽 too.
冯萱琳 Féng Xuānlín
冯 is a common family name; 萱 and 琳 echo xiè lì, how Chinese begins Sherry (谢丽).
曾雪丽 Zēng Xuělì
曾 is a common family name; 雪 and 丽 echo xiè lì, how Chinese begins Sherry (谢丽).
邓萱林 Dèng Xuānlín
邓 is a common family name; 萱 and 林 echo xiè lì, how Chinese begins Sherry (谢丽).
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Sherry is 谢丽 (Xièlì) in Chinese. To say “My name is Sherry”, say 我叫谢丽 (Wǒ jiào Xièlì).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 谢丽 for how it sounds, Xièlì, close to Sherry. On its own, 谢 means to thank and 丽 beautiful.
Sherry 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.