邓泰明 Dèng Tàimíng
- 邓 dèng Family name
- 泰 tài peaceful
- 明 míng bright
邓 is a common family name; 泰 and 明 echo tāng mǐ, how Chinese begins Tommy (汤米).
汤米 Tāngmǐ
我叫汤米。 Wǒ jiào Tāngmǐ. My name is Tommy.
邓泰明 Dèng Tàimíng
邓 is a common family name; 泰 and 明 echo tāng mǐ, how Chinese begins Tommy (汤米).
曹涛民 Cáo Tāomín
曹 is a common family name; 涛 and 民 echo tāng mǐ, how Chinese begins Tommy (汤米).
彭泰明 Péng Tàimíng
彭 is a common family name; 泰 and 明 echo tāng mǐ, how Chinese begins Tommy (汤米).
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Tommy is 汤米 (Tāngmǐ) in Chinese. To say “My name is Tommy”, say 我叫汤米 (Wǒ jiào Tāngmǐ).
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.