Newbie - Polite Introductions (A0026)

A: 请问您贵姓？
Qı̌ng wèn nı́n guı̀xı̀ng?
May I ask for your family name?

B: 我姓张。
Wǒ xı̀ng Zhāng.
My family name is Zhang.

A: 张先生您从哪里来？
Zhāng Xiānsheng nı́n cóng nǎli lái?
Mr. Zhang, where are you from?

B: 我是北京人。
Wǒ shı̀ Běijı̄ngrén.
I am from Beijing.

Key Vocabulary

请问 qı̌ng wèn may I ask

您 nı́n you (polite)

贵姓 guı̀xı̀ng honorable surname

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 我 wǒ I

姓 xı̀ng to be surnamed

张 Zhāng Zhang

张先生 Zhāng Xiān- Mr. Zhang

sheng

从 cóng from

哪里 nǎli where

来 lái to come

是 shı̀ to be

Supplementary Vocabulary

小姐 xiǎojie young lady; Miss

老家 lǎojiā native place

山东 Shāndōng Shandong

上海 Shànghǎi Shanghai

广东 Guǎngdōng Guangdong

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 香港 Xiānggǎng Hong Kong

台湾 Táiwān Taiwan

东京 Dōngjı̄ng Tokyo

伦敦 Lúndūn London

纽约 Niǔyuē New York

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