Chinese names: how to choose hanzi?
Say you want to translate your name in chinese: can you use every single hanzi with compatible reading? or is there sort of a "table" for characters used in names?maybe I used the wrong word, for "table" I meant like a chart, a list of characters most commonly used. As for my name, I'm looking for hanzi I'd like to use, when I'll come up with something I hope you will help me choose the better ones :) I was asking in general (many ppl when I say I study Chinese ask me to write their names, so I was wondering if there were some "fixed" rules)are 达涅拉 and 丹妮 ok? (I saw my name is frequently spelled 丹妮拉, but 涅 reads "nie" rather than "ni", so I'd like it better than 妮 )

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Chinese names: how to choose hanzi?
Say you want to translate your name in chinese: can you use every single hanzi with compatible reading? or is there sort of a "table" for characters used in names?maybe I used the wrong word, for "table" I meant like a chart, a list of characters most commonly used. As for my name, I'm looking for hanzi I'd like to use, when I'll come up with something I hope you will help me choose the better ones :) I was asking in general (many ppl when I say I study Chinese ask me to write their names, so I was wondering if there were some "fixed" rules)are 达涅拉 and 丹妮 ok? (I saw my name is frequently spelled 丹妮拉, but 涅 reads "nie" rather than "ni", so I'd like it better than 妮 )

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technically speaking,you can use any words in your name.just some words are considered to have bad meanings that is not suit for a person's name. and in chinese,a word can be pronounced diffenerly between 姓the last name 和and 字 normal-meaning-word。

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it's better to match your name with some famous person from Wikipedia
and thus
get the most correct translation

there are special dicitonaries for people's names and surnames from English-speaking countries -- as for other countries, well, guessing and imitating is the only option

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not"table"its weird to be appearred in names...

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In china ,the name also have some lucky or lovely meaning so you can use any word you love .

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You choose some Hanzi and type it here. We will help you to choose the best.

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