Are you Chinese? — Introductory Chinese #3
July 16, 2009 by Mi Kai Lee
Filed under Business
你是中国人吗？ means “are you Chinese?”
Welcome to our online audio lesson series for newcomers to Mandarin and simplified Chinese characters. In this lesson you will learn how to tell people where you are from. Ken and Jenny will walk you through it slowly and clearly.
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Nǐ shì zhōng guó rén ma?
你是中国人吗？
Are you Chinese?
Duì!
对！
Yes!
Wǒ shì zhōng guó rén.
我是中国人。
I am Chinese.
Wǒ shì yīng guó rén.
我是英国人。
I am English.
Huān yíng!
欢迎！
Welcome!
[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
A good transcipstion for learning Chinese. I have created a free Chinese learning site at http://www.LearnChineseEveryday.com for people who are keen to learn how to write Chinese.
Feel free to give me suggestions and comments.