曾素岚 Zēng Sùlán
- 曾 zēng Family name
- 素 sù plain
- 岚 lán mountain mist
曾 is a common family name; 素 and 岚 echo sāi lā, how Chinese begins Sierra (塞拉).

塞拉 Sāilā
我叫塞拉。 Wǒ jiào Sāilā. My name is Sierra.
Sierra en chino se escribe 塞拉 (Sāilā).
曾素岚 Zēng Sùlán
曾 is a common family name; 素 and 岚 echo sāi lā, how Chinese begins Sierra (塞拉).
邓苏兰 Dèng Sūlán
邓 is a common family name; 苏 and 兰 echo sāi lā, how Chinese begins Sierra (塞拉).
曹思岚 Cáo Sīlán
曹 is a common family name; 思 and 岚 echo sāi lā, how Chinese begins Sierra (塞拉).
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Sierra is 塞拉 (Sāilā) in Chinese. To say “My name is Sierra”, say 我叫塞拉 (Wǒ jiào Sāilā).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 塞拉 for how it sounds, Sāilā, close to Sierra. On its own, 塞 means to stuff and 拉 to pull.
Sierra is written 塞拉, 2 characters: 塞 (13 strokes), 拉 (8 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.