张欣妮 Zhāng Xīnnī
- 张 zhāng Family name
- 欣 xīn happy
- 妮 nī girl
张 is a common family name; 欣 and 妮 echo xī ní, how Chinese begins Sydney (悉尼).

悉尼 Xīní
我叫悉尼。 Wǒ jiào Xīní. My name is Sydney.
Sydney en chino se escribe 悉尼 (Xīní).
张欣妮 Zhāng Xīnnī
张 is a common family name; 欣 and 妮 echo xī ní, how Chinese begins Sydney (悉尼).
陈心宁 Chén Xīnníng
陈 is a common family name; 心 and 宁 echo xī ní, how Chinese begins Sydney (悉尼).
杨欣妮 Yáng Xīnnī
杨 is a common family name; 欣 and 妮 echo xī ní, how Chinese begins Sydney (悉尼).
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Sydney is 悉尼 (Xīní) in Chinese. To say “My name is Sydney”, say 我叫悉尼 (Wǒ jiào Xīní).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 悉尼 for how it sounds, Xīní, close to Sydney. On its own, 悉 means to know and 尼 Buddhist nun.
Sydney is written 悉尼, 2 characters: 悉 (11 strokes), 尼 (5 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.