曹天莉 Cáo Tiānlì
- 曹 cáo Family name
- 天 tiān sky
- 莉 lì jasmine
曹 is a common family name; 天 and 莉 echo tè lì, how Chinese begins Terri (特丽).

特丽 Tèlì
我叫特丽。 Wǒ jiào Tèlì. My name is Terri.
Terri en chino se escribe 特丽 (Tèlì).
曹天莉 Cáo Tiānlì
曹 is a common family name; 天 and 莉 echo tè lì, how Chinese begins Terri (特丽).
彭甜琳 Péng Tiánlín
彭 is a common family name; 甜 and 琳 echo tè lì, how Chinese begins Terri (特丽).
蒋天黎 Jiǎng Tiānlí
蒋 is a common family name; 天 and 黎 echo tè lì, how Chinese begins Terri (特丽).
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Terri is 特丽 (Tèlì) in Chinese. To say “My name is Terri”, say 我叫特丽 (Wǒ jiào Tèlì).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 特丽 for how it sounds, Tèlì, close to Terri. On its own, 特 means special and 丽 beautiful.
Terri is written 特丽, 2 characters: 特 (10 strokes), 丽 (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.