How to Write your Name in Chinese
What is your name? This is the first question when we meet someone for the first time. Learning to introduce yourself in Chinese is an important first step to learning Chinese . If you know how to write your name in Chinese, it would be even better. Many common foreign names have a corresponding translation in Chinese. We can choose the Chinese pronunciation which is usually quite similar to the original one. For example, if your name is "MARY", you want the authentic Chinese name for this, how could you say it? The Chinese translation for MARY is "mǎ lì" which is with the third and the last tone in Chinese. Of course, this is only written in Pinyin, the Chinese pronunciation. If we use Chinese characters to write this, that is, "玛丽" As another example, if your name is "JACK", then in Chinese pinyin, we translate this and to read it as "jié kè" with the second and the last tone, while the Chinese character is "杰克". Of c...