China Travel Advice

Q: How do you spell the name Meil-Ling or May-Ling in chinese. Or with chinese calligraphy?

Nowadays the standard way to spell the name of Madame Chiang Kai-shek, in China's official Pinyin system, is Meiling Song. It used to be Mei-ling Soong or May-ling Soong. The characters appears like this:

The first character is "Song," and the second and the third are "Meiling." "Song" is the family name. "Mei" means "beautiful." Ling means "age" or "years."