Basic Spoken Mandarin      2. Meeting a new friend

New words Pronunciation Chinese
You (a polite form for both singular and plural)

nín

 您
He, she, it

tā

他，她，它
Noble, expensive guì 贵
Surname, surname is xìng 姓
Call, to be called jiào 叫
To be, is, are shì 是
Not, no bú/bù 不
Mr. Smith

Smith xiāngsheng

 Smith先生
Mrs. Smith Smith tàitai Smith太太
Mr. Wang

Wáng xiāngsheng

 王先生
What

shénme

什么

 

New phrases Pronunciation Chinese
My surname is...

Wŏ xìng…

 我姓...
What is your surname? (a polite way to ask a senior person's surname) Nín guì xìng 您贵姓...?
My name is... Wŏ jiào 我叫...
My surname is Wang Wŏ xìng Wáng 我姓王
I am John Smith Wŏ jiào John Smith 我叫John Smith
This is Mrs. Wang

Tā shì Wáng tàitai

 她是王太太