What's your name? — Introductory Chinese #2
July 8, 2009 by Mi Kai Lee
Filed under Business
你叫什么名字 means “what is your name?”
Welcome to our online audio lesson series for newcomers to Mandarin and simplified Chinese characters. In this lesson you will learn how to ask names. Ken and Jenny will walk you through it slowly and clearly.
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Nǐ jiào shén me míng zi?
你叫什么名字？
What is your name?
Wǒ jiào Wáng Píng.
我叫王平。
My name is Wang Ping.
Wǒ jiào Lǐ Lì.
我叫李莉。
My name is Li Li.
[end of lesson]
The text above is a transciption of the lesson phrases in Pinyin, Simplified Chinese and English. Pinyin is a transliteration system for representing Chinese character sounds as Roman characters. Simplified Chinese is the official character set for mainland China. Mandarin is the main dialect of Chinese and is the official language of mainland China.
If you see question marks or squares instead of pretty Chinese characters, you probably need to install Asian language support on your computer.
Transcription by Mi Kai Lee. Audio lesson produced by clearchinese.com, a great resource for learning Chinese. You will find other audio lessons in the section Chinese MP3 Lessons for Newbies.
Free online resources for learning Chinese:
• Learn Chinese Online Everyday
• Learn Chinese – Clear and Easy Mandarin Lessons
