Type your English name and see it written in Chinese characters instantly — with pinyin pronunciation guide.
Click any name to see its Chinese translation instantly.
Once you know how to write your name in Chinese, here's where you can use it:
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See how your name looks in brush style — a popular choice for art and personal expression.
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Use it as your display name on WeChat, Xiaohongshu, or Weibo to connect with Chinese-speaking communities.
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Introduce yourself to Chinese colleagues or business partners — it shows cultural respect and builds rapport.
This tool gives you a phonetic translation — how your English name sounds in Chinese. But if you want a name that Chinese people would actually use, consider a meaning-based name instead.
Example
🔤 Phonetic (This Tool)
✨ Meaning-Based (Generator)
Michael
迈克尔
Mài kè ěr
明凯
Míng kǎi — "Bright & Triumphant"
How it works
Sounds like the English name
A real Chinese name with positive meaning
Best for
Official documents, news reports
Daily life, social media, business
Feels to Chinese speakers
Clearly a foreign name
Like a real Chinese person's name
Free — takes about 2 minutes to generate a culturally meaningful Chinese name.
The most common Chinese word for "name" is 名字 (míngzi). In everyday Mandarin, "What is your name?" is 你叫什么名字？ (Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?). On forms and in formal contexts you'll meet 姓名 (xìngmíng) — literally "surname + given name", i.e. your full name. Classically, Chinese scholars also had a 名 (míng) given at birth and a 字 (zì) — a courtesy name adopted in adulthood.
Looking for your name in Chinese meaning — what the characters actually mean? That's a different thing from translation: phonetic versions like 迈克尔 (Mài kè ěr, "Michael") only copy the sound and carry no meaning of their own. To get a name whose characters mean something, build a meaning-based name with the Chinese Name Generator, then dig into each character with the Chinese name meaning lookup.
A phonetic translation is how your name would be written in Chinese news or documents. For a personal Chinese name with cultural meaning (like a Chinese person would have), use our Chinese Name Generator instead.
Phonetic translations often need multiple characters to match English sounds. Each Chinese character represents one syllable, so "Alexander" needs 4 characters (亚历山大). Real Chinese names are typically 2-3 characters total.
Yes, you can use it as a display name on platforms like WeChat, Weibo, or Xiaohongshu. For a name that feels more natural to Chinese speakers, try our name generator which creates names with proper cultural meaning.
A phonetic translation only captures how your name sounds — the characters carry no personal meaning. If you want a name that means something, build a meaning-based name with the Chinese Name Generator, then check each character with the Chinese name meaning lookup.
You will see a yellow warning listing the unmatched parts — the rest of your name still translates. Unmatched names are logged and reviewed for the database, and if you want a complete Chinese name right away, the Chinese Name Generator builds one from meaning instead.