language learning center · A1 · Lesson 1
Greetings and introductions
Greet someone and exchange names and origins in Mandarin Chinese.
Understand and learn
Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.
小雨
你好！我叫小雨。你叫什么名字？
Hello! My name is Xiaoyu. What is your name?
马克
我叫马克。很高兴认识你。
My name is Mark. Nice to meet you.
小雨
我也很高兴。你来自哪里？
Me too. Where are you from?
马克
我来自德国。
I come from Germany.
Notice, try, and speak
Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.
Useful words and phrases
These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.
你好
nǐ hǎo
Hello
你好！我叫小雨。你叫什么名字？
我叫…
wǒ jiào…
My name is…
你好！我叫小雨。你叫什么名字？
你叫什么名字？
nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?
What is your name?
你好！我叫小雨。你叫什么名字？
你来自哪里？
nǐ láizì nǎlǐ?
Where are you from?
我也很高兴。你来自哪里？
我来自…
wǒ láizì…
I come from…
我来自德国。
Notice, try, and speak
Which phrase means “My name is…”?
Make it yours
Say: “你好！我叫____。我来自____。”
Use your real name and country. Pinyin is support; keep looking at the characters.
Use it with someone
Introduce yourself in Mandarin
- 1. 你好
- 2. 我叫…
- 3. 我来自…
- 4. 你来自哪里？
- 5. 很高兴认识你。