Presenting
yourself
ni3 jiao4
shen2me5 ming2zi5
你 叫 什 么 名 字
?
What's your name?
Wo3 jiao4 wang2gang1.
我叫王刚。
My name is Wang Gang.
Nin2 gui4xing4
您 贵 姓
What is your surname?
Wo3 xing4 zhang1
我姓张。
My surname is Zhang.
Wo3 hen3 gao1xing4 ren4shi5
ni3
很 高 兴 认 识 你。
I'm pleased to meet you
Wo3 ye3 hen3 gao1xing4
ren4shi5 ni3
我 也 很 高 兴 认
识 你。
Me too. I'm also pleased
to meet you.
A chinese person's
name is composed of two parts: the surname and the first name.
In chinese, the
surname always goes infront of the first name. This is different from
western languages.
Nomrally surnames have
one syllable, for example:
张 Zhang1
王 Wang2
李 Li3
赵 Zhao4
刘 Liu2
etc.
There are only a few
two syllable surnames:
Zhu1ge3
Ou1yang2
Shang4guan1
etc.
Normally chinese fornames
either have one syllable or two syllables. On the whole, they have two
syllables.
A chinese name usually
has its own meaning. Many chinese names are poetic and are related to
the countryside or they refer to beautiful things.
Vocabulary
English
|
Chinese
(phonetic) |
Chinese
(written) |
| |
|
|
To
be called |
Jiao4
|
叫
|
That |
Shen2me5
|
什么
|
Full
name |
Ming2zi5
|
名字 |
Example
of chinese name |
Gang1
|
刚
|
Valuable,
expensive |
Gui4
|
贵
|
Surname |
Xing4
|
姓
|
Name |
Ming2
|
名
|
Very
|
Hen3
|
很 |
Happy
|
Gao1xing4
|
高兴
|
To
know |
Ren4shi5
|
认识
|
Also
|
Ye3
|
也
|
Chinese
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