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AbsoluteBeginnerS1#1

Meeting-What'sYourNamein

Chinese?

CONTENTS

2 Simplified Chinese

2 Traditional Chinese

2 Pinyin

2 English

3 Vocabulary

3 Sample Sentences

4 Vocabulary Phrase Usage

4 Grammar

5 Cultural Insight

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2/6CHINESECLASS101.COM ABSOLUTE BEGINNER S1 #1 - MEETING - WHAT'S YOUR NAME IN CHINESE? 2

SIMPLIFIED CHINESE

1. A:

2. B:

3. A:

4. B:

TRADITIONAL CHINESE

1. A:

2. B:

3. A:

4. B:

PINYIN

1. A: Nho.

2. B: Nho, njio shnme mngzi?

3. A: W jio Zhng Ln.

4. B: W jio Wng Xiofng.

ENGLISH

CONT'D OVER



1. A: Hello.

2. B: Hello, what's your name?

3. A: I'm Zhang Lin.

4. B: I'm Wang Xiaofang.

VOCABULARY

Simplifie d Tr aditional Pinyin E nglish

nho hello

n you

jio to call

shnme what

mingz name

w I, me

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Nho, w jio Wng Guy.

Hello, I'm Wang Guoyi.

Sh nma?

Is it you?



Jnnin, w mimi yu ch le yzhng zhunj,

jio Yugung.

My sister put out another album this yearcalled "Moonlight."

N shu shnme?

What did you say?

W wngj tde mngzi.

I forget his name.

W de pngyu hn shui.

My friend is really handsome.

VOCABULARY PHRASE USAGE

(nho)/ (nnho)-"Hello" in Chinese is made up of two words: (n),

meaning "you" and ' (ho), meaning "good." On very formal meetings, you can replace the

(n) with the formal term for "you," which is (nn). (jio) is literally the verb for "to call."

So, as in the case of our dialogue, when you are saying, "My name is ____," in Chinese,

actually you are saying "I'm called ______."

GRAMMAR

TheFocusofThisLessonisPronounsinChinese

"I'mZhangLin."

Here is a l isting of pronouns in Chinese:

Chinese "English"

(w) "I, me"

(wmen) "we, us"



(n)

"you" -

informal

(nmen)

"you" -

plural

(nn)

"you" -

formal

(t) "he, him"

(tmen) "they, them"

(t) "she, her"

(tmen) "they, them"

(t) "it"

WhatIsYourName?

In Chinese, as we heard in this lesson's dialogue, one way of asking a person their name is:

Njioshnmemingz?

"What is your name" (literally: "You called what name?")

The question word "what" in Chinese is (shnme).

CULTURAL INSIGHT



ChineseNames

Chinese names are given surname first, and then given name. Generally, Chinese names are

made up of two or three characters total (including the surname, which is generally just a

single character). We see a couple examples of names in this lesson's dialogue.

ForExample:

1.

ZhngLn

(surname here is , given name is )

2. WngXiofng

(surname here is , given name is )

Chinese names are full of meaning and not all characters are suitable for a name. It is best to

not attempt to choose one's own name in Chinese. Enlist the help of a Chinese friend so you

don't end up with a name that will cause some raised eyebrows and snickers.

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