王森伟 Wáng Sēnwěi
- 王 wáng Family name
- 森 sēn forest
- 伟 wěi great
王 is a common family name; 森 and 伟 for Steven’s S and W.
史蒂文 Shǐdìwén
我叫史蒂文。 Wǒ jiào Shǐdìwén. My name is Steven.
王森伟 Wáng Sēnwěi
王 is a common family name; 森 and 伟 for Steven’s S and W.
安森文 Ān Sēnwén
安 is a common family name; 森 and 文 for Steven’s S and W.
高森巍 Gāo Sēnwēi
高 is a common family name; 森 and 巍 for Steven’s S and W.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Steven is 史蒂文 (Shǐdìwén) in Chinese. To say “My name is Steven”, say 我叫史蒂文 (Wǒ jiào Shǐdìwén).
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.
Pinyin chart: every syllable, all four tones. Chinese words: the HSK list, one page each. Read any Mandarin: point at a word for its meaning.
Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese writes some names more than one way.