Given name Chinese name

竹珂 Zhú Kē

bamboo; inferior kind of jade

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

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Zhú Kē

Character by character

竹
zhú

bamboo

珂
kē

inferior kind of jade

Why it works

bamboo; inferior kind of jade

Sound

The pinyin is Zhú Kē. 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 竹珂. 竹 — bamboo; 珂 — inferior kind of jade.”

A common full-name pattern would be 李竹珂 (Lǐ Zhú Kē), using the surname 李. You can also use no surname at all.

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