Given name Chinese name

修宁 Xiū Níng

to cultivate; peaceful, tranquil

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

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Xiū Níng

Character by character

修
xiū

to cultivate

宁
níng

peaceful, tranquil

Why it works

to cultivate; peaceful, tranquil

Sound

The pinyin is Xiū Níng. 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 修宁. 修 — to cultivate; 宁 — peaceful, tranquil.”

A common full-name pattern would be 李修宁 (Lǐ Xiū Níng), using the surname 李. You can also use no surname at all.

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