Teacher transliteration
Thirty students, ten minutes, a chart that maps John → 约翰. Sound solved. Name not solved.
Free · Native judgment · Not a generator
We'll tell you if a native would actually use it.
Paste the Chinese name you already have — the one a teacher, a form, or a well-meaning friend assigned. We will tell you if a native would actually use it. Keep, Kill, or Fix, in plain English. Human-verified rules: native judgment encoded as code, not a chatbot.
Xinhua dots
The 间隔号 · is how news-wire copy files a foreigner. If your name wants a middle dot, it was never a Chinese name.
Salad names
莎拉 is Sarah. 沙拉 is salad. The pipeline handed this to a generation of Sarahs. The system is the joke, not you.
How the verdict works
- 01
Read the structure
Pinyin, character count, 百家姓 surname in first position, given name after.
- 02
Hunt fingerprints
Classic spellings (约翰, 莎拉), 间隔号, 娜/莉/丽 as the only pretty-girl signal, captions, food collisions.
- 03
Stay conservative
Keep is earned. Unsure is Fix. Documented rules — see the checker, the Native First-Impression Protocol, and the fail encyclopedia.
Already have a name
Stay here. The checker is free and does not ask you to pay.
Want a native name
Different intent. Get a name — not a generator. Or read why generators fail.
Before you ask
Still holding a generator-shaped name? Run the checker.