| Welcome to Fun and Easy Chinese by ChineseClass101.com! |
| 嗨大家好，我是李殷如. Hài dàjiā hǎo, Wǒ shì Lǐ Yīnrú. |
| Hi everyone, Yinru Li here. |
| Can you introduce yourself in Chinese? |
| Building new connections is important, this is particularly true in the Chinese society. |
| There are certain phrases that people use in self-introductions to connect with people they meet for the first time. These phrases include: |
| 你好，我叫 ... |
| 我是 ... |
| 我姓 ... |
| 我是 ... 人 |
| 请多指教 |
| 久仰 |
| In this lesson, you’ll learn about how to use these phrases to make your self-introductions sound native and impressive. |
| Phrase No. 1: 你好，我叫...nǐhǎo, wǒ jiào... |
| This is the standard way to greet someone that you meet for the first time and introduce yourself. |
| 你好, 我叫 nǐhǎo, wǒ jiào plus your name. |
| "Hello, I’m called.." which is the literal translation. Or more naturally "Hello, my name is…" |
| [slow] 你好，我叫.. |
| This phrase is often followed up with a handshake. |
| If you’re doing a self-introduction to a group of people, you can replace 你好 with 大家好 dà jiā hǎo, meaning "Hello everybody," [slow] 大家好. |
| 大家好，我叫李殷如。Dà jiā hǎo, wǒ jiào Lǐ Yīnrú. |
| "Hello everyone, my name is Li Yinru." |
| [slow] 大家好，我叫李殷如。 |
| Or on informal occasions, you can use your first name only: |
| 大家好，我叫殷如。Dà jiā hǎo, wǒ jiào Yīnrú. |
| "Hello everyone, my name is Yinru." |
| [slow] 大家好，我叫殷如。 |
| Another way to tell people who you are is to use the phrase 我是, meaning "I am.." [slow] 我是 Wǒ shì. |
| After 我是, you can either add your name or your title, such as what you do or your relationship with someone. |
| For example, I can say: 我是李殷如. Wǒ shì Lǐ Yīnrú. |
| "I am Yinru Li." |
| [slow] 我是李殷如. |
| I can also say, 我是一名老师。Wǒ shì yì míng lǎo shī. |
| "I am a teacher." |
| [slow] 我是一名老师。 |
| Or, I can say 我是你们的中文老师. Wǒ shì nǐ men de zhōng wén lǎo shī. "I am your Chinese teacher." [slow] 我是你们的中文老师. |
| The next phrase is also one way to introduce your name. But more specifically, your family name. 我姓 Wǒ xìng [slow] 我姓 |
| 姓 means “family name”. This is often used on formal and business occasions. |
| For example, if your family name is 吴, you can say 我姓吴。Wǒ xìng Wú. [slow] 我姓吴 |
| This also works for foreign names. Suppose your last name is Smith, you can say 我姓史密斯. Wǒ xìng Shǐ mì sī. [slow] 我姓史密斯 |
| Next is a phrase for you to introduce your nationality, or where you’re from. |
| 我是 + place + 人. Wǒ shì + place + rén |
| We know 我是 Wǒ shì means "I am" [slow] 我是, |
| and 人 rén means "person". [slow] 人. |
| Say you’re from the United States, you say 我是美国人。Wǒ shì Měi guó rén. |
| 美国 means "the US". 美国人 "American". |
| [slow] 我是美国人。 |
| 我是英国人。Wǒ shì Yīng guó rén. |
| 英国 means "UK". 英国人 "British". |
| [slow] 我是英国人。 |
| Other than country names, you can also put your hometown or home state in this pattern. |
| Say I’m from Sichuan province, I can say |
| 我是四川人. Wǒ shì Sìchuān rén. |
| "I’m a Sichuan person" or "I’m from Sichuan." |
| [slow] 我是四川人. |
| If I’m from Beijing, I can say |
| 我是北京人。Wǒ shì Běi jīng rén. |
| "I’m a Beijing person" or "I’m from Beijing." |
| [slow] 我是北京人。 |
| After introducing who you are, where you are from, and more things about you, you can end your introduction with certain phrases. |
| One of the commonly used phrases that also shows your humbleness is 请多指教. qǐng duō zhǐ jiāo. [slow] 请多指教 |
| This phrase means "Please give me advice and correct me." |
| [slow] 请多指教 |
| 请 means "please" [slow] 请 |
| 多 literally means "a lot" but can be translated as "do" in this context. [slow] 多. |
| And 指教 means "to teach and guide" or "give advice". 指教. |
| Together 请多指教. “Please give me advice and correct me.” |
| The last phrase is used when you’re introduced to someone that you’ve heard about: 久仰. jiǔ yǎng |
| This phrase means "I’ve heard about you for a long time", and it’s equivalent to "It’s an honor to meet you." |
| This is a complimentary phrase that is typically used on someone who is more accomplished and known for what they’ve done in a certain field. |
| [slow] 久仰久仰 |
| Time to recap. |
| Imagine you’re Jack and you’re from Canada. You’re in a Chinese Classroom. Let’s try to make a short introduction. |
| First say "Hi everyone, my name is Jack." Can you try? |
| 大家好，我叫Jack. 大家好，我叫Jack. |
| Now tell them you’re from Canada, which in Chinese is Jiā ná dà [slow] 加拿大 |
| 我是加拿大人。我是加拿大人。 |
| Lastly, end your self introduction by humbly saying "Please give me advice and correct me." The set phrase is... |
| 请多指教。 请多指教。 |
| Now let’s put these three sentences together and make a complete self-introduction. |
| 大家好，我叫Jack. 我是加拿大人。请多指教。 |
| Dà jiā hǎo, Wǒ jiào Jack. Wǒ shì Jiā ná dà rén. Qǐng duō zhī jiāo. |
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