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Learn Chinese 1 : Let's get to know each other
| Click on the speaker icon of each sentence and listen to the recording. Each sentence follows this pattern : Pinyin (that's Chinese written in Latin characters), Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and the English translation of the sentence.
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| Nǐ xìng shénme? |
| 你姓什么﹖ |
| 你姓什麼﹖
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| What's your last name? |
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| 2. |
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| Wǒ xìng Xiè. |
| 我姓谢。 |
| 我姓謝。
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| My last name is Xie. |
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| Nǐ jiào shénme? |
| 你叫什么﹖ |
| 你叫什麼﹖
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| What's your (full) name? |
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| Wǒ jiào Xiè Tiānwèi. |
| 我叫谢天蔚。 |
| 我叫謝天蔚。 |
| My (full) name is Xie Tianwei. |
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| Wǒ shì lǎoshī. |
| 我是老师。 |
| 我是老師。
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| I am a teacher. |
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| Xièxiè! |
| 谢谢﹗ |
| 謝謝﹗
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| Thank you! |
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| Notes |
- "shénme" means "what", "which". In Chinese a question word does not occur at the beginning of a sentence. Pay attention to the world order in questions.
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