谢泰楠 Xiè Tàinán
- 谢 xiè Family name
- 泰 tài peaceful
- 楠 nán Phoebe nanmu (tree)
谢 is a common family name; 泰 and 楠 echo tǎn nà, how Chinese begins Tanner (坦纳).

坦纳 Tǎnnà
我叫坦纳。 Wǒ jiào Tǎnnà. My name is Tanner.
Tanner en chino se escribe 坦纳 (Tǎnnà).
谢泰楠 Xiè Tàinán
谢 is a common family name; 泰 and 楠 echo tǎn nà, how Chinese begins Tanner (坦纳).
唐涛南 Táng Tāonán
唐 is a common family name; 涛 and 南 echo tǎn nà, how Chinese begins Tanner (坦纳).
冯泰楠 Féng Tàinán
冯 is a common family name; 泰 and 楠 echo tǎn nà, how Chinese begins Tanner (坦纳).
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Tanner is 坦纳 (Tǎnnà) in Chinese. To say “My name is Tanner”, say 我叫坦纳 (Wǒ jiào Tǎnnà).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 坦纳 for how it sounds, Tǎnnà, close to Tanner. On its own, 坦 means flat and 纳 to accept.
Tanner is written 坦纳, 2 characters: 坦 (8 strokes), 纳 (7 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.