Lesson Two: What's your name?

Taking up where we left off, this lesson shows you how to introduce yourself as well as explaining some important things to bear in mind when speaking to those you respect. Some of the more common Chinese family names are introduced, which will help increase your vocabulary as well as add to the number of characters you should be able to write.

Conversation: 你叫什么名字?

Xuésheng: 学生:	nín guì xìng? 您贵姓	Student:	What is your surname?
Lǎoshī: 老师:	wǒ xìng Liú. 我姓刘. nǐ jiào shén me míng zi? 你叫什么名字？	Teacher:	My name is Liu. What's your name?
Xuésheng: 学生:	wǒ jiào wáng hōng. 我叫王红。 tā jiào lǐ dōng, wǒ de péng you. 他是李东, 我的朋友	Student:	My name is Wang Hong. He is Li Dong, my friend.

New Words
guì xìng	贵姓 (polite word)	your; 您贵姓 nín guì xìng ? your surname please.
shén me	什么 pron	what? what kind of?
tā	他 pron	he, him
míngzi	名字 n	name, given name, first name
péngyou	朋友 n	friend
lǎo shī	老师 n	teacher
xué sheng	学生 n	student
jiào	叫 vb	call, name
shì	是 vb	(the verb to be) am, is, are; certainly, indeed
liú	刘 n	Chinese surname
wáng hōng	王红 n	person's name, wáng 王 Chinese surname, hōng 红 for red.
lǐ dōng	李东 n	person's name, lǐ 李 Chinese surname, dōng 东 for east.
de	的 pt	(grammatical word)

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