斯坦利

The male name Stanley is rendered in Chinese as 斯坦利. These characters are chosen for their sound, not their meaning — together they approximate how Stanley is pronounced. In pinyin (the standard romanization of Mandarin) this reads Sī tǎn lì.

Character-by-character breakdown

In Chinese, Stanley is written with 3 characters, each standing for one syllable of the sound: 斯 (Sī), 坦 (tǎn), 利 (lì). Each character here is a phonetic unit — picked for how it sounds, not for what it means — so read together they echo Stanley rather than spelling out a literal meaning.

Origin & meaning of Stanley

Stanley is a name of English origin. From an English place name meaning "stony meadow."