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Basic Spoken Mandarin
2. Meeting a new friend
You click on the Chinese characters, Chinese sentences or
the headphone icons to hear the pronunciation. Place the cursor on the English
words to view Pinyin for the pronunciation and the Chinese
word order.
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You
(a polite form for both singular and plural)
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您 |
My surname is Wang |
我姓王 |
My surname is... |
我姓... |
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Noble,
expensive |
贵 |
I am John Smith |
我叫John
Smith |
My name is... |
我叫... |
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Surname,
surname is |
姓 |
Mr. Wang |
王先生 |
What is your surname? (a polite way to ask a senior
person's surname) |
您贵姓...? |
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Call,
to be called |
叫 |
Good, OK |
好 |
Mr. Smith |
Smith先生 |
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To be,
is,
are |
是 |
ma |
吗 |
Mrs. Smith |
Smith太太 |
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Not,
no |
不 |
See you again, bye |
再见 |
This is Mrs. Wang |
她是王太太 |
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What |
什么 |
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He, she, it
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他，她，它 |
Exercises
How do you say
Are you Mr. Wang?
Is
Mrs Wang well?
What is your surname?
He is Mr Smith.
My surname isn't Smith?
Her surname is Smith.
Is her surname Wang?
Click here to listen to the following dialogues.
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