郭拓笛 Guō Tuòdí
- 郭 guō Family name
- 拓 tuò to open up
- 笛 dí flute
郭 is a common family name; 拓 and 笛 echo tuō dé, how Chinese begins Todd (托德).

托德 Tuōdé
我叫托德。 Wǒ jiào Tuōdé. My name is Todd.
Todd en chino se escribe 托德 (Tuōdé).
郭拓笛 Guō Tuòdí
郭 is a common family name; 拓 and 笛 echo tuō dé, how Chinese begins Todd (托德).
谢涛德 Xiè Tāodé
谢 is a common family name; 涛 and 德 echo tuō dé, how Chinese begins Todd (托德).
唐泰笛 Táng Tàidí
唐 is a common family name; 泰 and 笛 echo tuō dé, how Chinese begins Todd (托德).
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Todd is 托德 (Tuōdé) in Chinese. To say “My name is Todd”, say 我叫托德 (Wǒ jiào Tuōdé).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 托德 for how it sounds, Tuōdé, close to Todd. On its own, 托 means to hold up and 德 virtue.
Todd is written 托德, 2 characters: 托 (6 strokes), 德 (15 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.