曹欣艾 Cáo Xīn'ài
- 曹 cáo Family name
- 欣 xīn happy
- 艾 ài mugwort
曹 is a common family name; 欣 and 艾 echo xī ěr, how Chinese begins Sylvia (西尔维娅).

西尔维娅 Xī'ěrwéiyà
我叫西尔维娅。 Wǒ jiào Xī'ěrwéiyà. My name is Sylvia.
Sylvia en chino se escribe 西尔维娅 (Xī'ěrwéiyà).
曹欣艾 Cáo Xīn'ài
曹 is a common family name; 欣 and 艾 echo xī ěr, how Chinese begins Sylvia (西尔维娅).
彭心恩 Péng Xīn'ēn
彭 is a common family name; 心 and 恩 echo xī ěr, how Chinese begins Sylvia (西尔维娅).
蒋欣艾 Jiǎng Xīn'ài
蒋 is a common family name; 欣 and 艾 echo xī ěr, how Chinese begins Sylvia (西尔维娅).
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Sylvia is 西尔维娅 (Xī'ěrwéiyà) in Chinese. To say “My name is Sylvia”, say 我叫西尔维娅 (Wǒ jiào Xī'ěrwéiyà).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 西尔维娅 for how it sounds, Xī'ěrwéiyà, close to Sylvia. On its own, 西 means west and 维 to maintain.
Sylvia is written 西尔维娅, 4 characters: 西 (6 strokes), 尔 (5 strokes), 维 (11 strokes), 娅 (9 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.