English name in Chinese

Wallace 华莱士 huá lái shì

The usual Chinese spelling of Wallace is 华莱士 (huá lái shì).

Characters: 3 Pinyin: huá lái shì Usage: not tied to a gender
huá lái shì

Character by character

华
huá

splendid; China

莱
lái

goosefoot, weed; fallow field

士
shì

scholar, gentleman; soldier

How it reads

This is a transliteration: the characters were chosen because they sound like Wallace. Chinese readers will hear your English name in it, which is the point — you will see this spelling in news, subtitles, and sports commentary. It is not a name a Chinese family would sit down and choose, and it does not carry a wish the way a native given name usually does.

The first character, 华, is also a Chinese surname. That is common in these spellings and usually harmless, but it means the string can also be read as a surname plus a one-character given name — say the whole thing out loud in context before you use it on a document.

Using it as your name

Written this way, 华莱士 works as a given name on its own, and you can add a surname in front of it. If you would rather have a name chosen for meaning — one that reads as Chinese rather than as an imported spelling — the Finder builds options from characters with documented meanings and shows you where each one comes from. Already using a Chinese name? Check it for tones, homophones, and famous-name collisions.

Source

ename.dict.cn 英文名大全 · /list/all/W/1

Spellings on this page are collected from published lists and from names real foreigners use in China. They are a reference, not a recommendation: a name you can explain is better than a name that merely matches a dictionary.