Given name Chinese name

采兰 Cǎi Lán

to pick, to gather; orchid

Given name: 采兰 Usage: neutral Era: classical-modern

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Cǎi Lán

Character by character

采
cǎi

to pick, to gather

兰
lán

orchid

Why it works

to pick, to gather; orchid

Sound

The pinyin is Cǎi Lán. Say it slowly, then at normal speed. If a tone feels difficult, practice the syllable alone before putting the full name together. A Chinese speaker will usually understand an imperfect tone in context, but the closer you get, the more natural the name feels.

How to introduce it

“My Chinese name is 采兰. 采 — to pick, to gather; 兰 — orchid.”

A common full-name pattern would be 李采兰 (Lǐ Cǎi Lán), using the surname 李. You can also use no surname at all.

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