Given name Chinese name

云桐 Yún Tóng

cloud; paulownia tree

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

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Yún Tóng

Character by character

云
yún

cloud

桐
tóng

paulownia tree

Why it works

cloud; paulownia tree

Sound

The pinyin is Yún Tóng. 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 云桐. 云 — cloud; 桐 — paulownia tree.”

A common full-name pattern would be 李云桐 (Lǐ Yún Tóng), using the surname 李. You can also use no surname at all.

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