杨天朗 Yáng Tiānlǎng
- 杨 yáng Family name
- 天 tiān sky
- 朗 lǎng bright
杨 is a common family name; 天 and 朗 echo tè lā, how Chinese begins Travis (特拉维斯).

特拉维斯 Tèlāwéisī
我叫特拉维斯。 Wǒ jiào Tèlāwéisī. My name is Travis.
Travis en chino se escribe 特拉维斯 (Tèlāwéisī).
杨天朗 Yáng Tiānlǎng
杨 is a common family name; 天 and 朗 echo tè lā, how Chinese begins Travis (特拉维斯).
黄腾朗 Huáng Ténglǎng
黄 is a common family name; 腾 and 朗 echo tè lā, how Chinese begins Travis (特拉维斯).
孙天乐 Sūn Tiānlè
孙 is a common family name; 天 and 乐 echo tè lā, how Chinese begins Travis (特拉维斯).
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Travis is 特拉维斯 (Tèlāwéisī) in Chinese. To say “My name is Travis”, say 我叫特拉维斯 (Wǒ jiào Tèlāwéisī).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 特拉维斯 for how it sounds, Tèlāwéisī, close to Travis. On its own, 特 means special, 拉 to pull and 维 to maintain.
Travis is written 特拉维斯, 4 characters: 特 (10 strokes), 拉 (8 strokes), 维 (11 strokes), 斯 (12 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.