Learn Chinese for Free—Lesson 37
Today's Chinese characters:
你叫什么名字
The other Chinese characters contained in this lesson have already been studied previously. You can just click on them and go back to the corresponding lesson.
Today we learn how to ask: "What's your name?"
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Characters' Essentials
Description and Examples
Dialogue 37
The meaning of: 你叫什么名字？ It is used by elders when they want to know the names of young people or between young people. One may also say "你叫什么？" One shouldn't use it, therefore, when he wants to know an elder's name or when he needs to show respect and politeness to his hearer. Use "您贵姓？" instead. |
Last-Name first, First-Name last!Surname followed by first name, this is the correct order of a Chinese full name - without exception! Some Chinese people reason that when we say John Smith, we give more importance to John than to Smith, more to self than to the family. For this reason, some of them say that we don't respect our forefathers as they do... |
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