倪思墨 Ní Sīmò
- 倪 ní Family name
- 思 sī to think
- 墨 mò ink
倪 is a common family name; 思 and 墨 echo sà mò, how Chinese begins Summer (萨默).

萨默 Sàmò
我叫萨默。 Wǒ jiào Sàmò. My name is Summer.
Summer en chino se escribe 萨默 (Sàmò).
倪思墨 Ní Sīmò
倪 is a common family name; 思 and 墨 echo sà mò, how Chinese begins Summer (萨默).
王素茉 Wáng Sùmò
王 is a common family name; 素 and 茉 echo sà mò, how Chinese begins Summer (萨默).
李苏墨 Lǐ Sūmò
李 is a common family name; 苏 and 墨 echo sà mò, how Chinese begins Summer (萨默).
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Summer is 萨默 (Sàmò) in Chinese. To say “My name is Summer”, say 我叫萨默 (Wǒ jiào Sàmò).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 萨默 for how it sounds, Sàmò, close to Summer. On its own, 默 means silent.
Summer is written 萨默, 2 characters: 萨 (11 strokes), 默 (16 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.