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Lesson 9 Lesson 9Nín Guì Xìng

Lesson 9 PPT

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Lesson 9 Review PPT
 

Pàlánkǎ	Qǐngwèn1, nín shì Zhōngguó rén ma?
Dīng Yún	Shì, wǒ shì Zhōngguó liúxuéshēng.
Pàlánkǎ	Nín guì xìng2?
Dīng Yún	Wǒ xìng Dīng. Wǒ jiào3 Dīng Yún
Pàlánkǎ	Wǒ jiào Pàlánkǎ, shì Wàiyǔ Xuéyuàn de xuésheng. Wǒ xuéxí Hànyǔ.

New words
 

guì xìng	What's your last name? (Polite form)
qǐngwèn	May I ask...?
wèn	to ask
liúxuéshēng	a student who studies in other countries
xìng	one's surname is...
jiào	one's given name is..., to call
wàiyǔ	a foreign language
xuéyuàn	a college, institute
xuésheng	a student
xuéxí	to study, to learn
xué	to study, to learn

Proper name
 

Dīng Yún	a Chinese surname

Supplementary words
 

xiǎojiě	Miss
Yīngguó	Britain

Sounds and syllables of Lesson 9

iao uei(òui, wei) uai(wai) uen(òen, wen) üe(yue) üan(yuan) ün(yun)

jiào xìng wèn guì xué shēng liú wài yuàn xí

Notes

• Qǐngwèn - Literally it means 'please, ask'. Actually, it means 'May I ask...'. If one wants to ask somebody about something, this is the polite way.[back]
• guì xìng - xìng is a verb in Chinese. Wǒ xìng Dīng means 'My surname is Ding.' guì means 'honorable, valuable, expensive'. So guì xìng is 'your honorable name is...' Remember, this is a polite form and you are never supposed to say ' Wǒ guì xìng ...' (My honorable name is...). You simply say: ' Wǒ xìng ...' The regular way to ask a person for hisáher surname is 'Nǐ xìng shénme?' (What is your last name?) [back]
• jiào - It is similar to xìng and it is a verb too. [back]
  Wǒ jiào Pàlánkǎ - My (given) name is Palanka. Nǐ jiào shénme? - What is your name?