Given name Chinese name

航涛 Háng Tāo

to sail, to navigate; great waves

Given name: 航涛 Usage: male Era: modern

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Háng Tāo

Character by character

航
háng

to sail, to navigate

涛
tāo

great waves

Why it works

to sail, to navigate; great waves

Sound

The pinyin is Háng Tāo. 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 航涛. 航 — to sail, to navigate; 涛 — great waves.”

A common full-name pattern would be 李航涛 (Lǐ Háng Tāo), using the surname 李. You can also use no surname at all.

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