潘涛仁 Pān Tāorén
- 潘 pān Family name
- 涛 tāo big wave
- 仁 rén benevolence
潘 is a common family name; 涛 and 仁 for Terry’s T and R.
特里 Tèlǐ
我叫特里。 Wǒ jiào Tèlǐ. My name is Terry.
潘涛仁 Pān Tāorén
潘 is a common family name; 涛 and 仁 for Terry’s T and R.
白天仁 Bái Tiānrén
白 is a common family name; 天 and 仁 for Terry’s T and R.
陈天荣 Chén Tiānróng
陈 is a common family name; 天 and 荣 for Terry’s T and R.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Terry is 特里 (Tèlǐ) in Chinese. To say “My name is Terry”, say 我叫特里 (Wǒ jiào Tèlǐ).
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.
Pinyin chart: every syllable, all four tones. Chinese words: the HSK list, one page each. Read any Mandarin: point at a word for its meaning.
Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese writes some names more than one way.