Learn Chinese with Carol: Lesson 3 - What's your name? (請問你叫什麼名字?)

Today, we are going to learn how to ask people for their names. In Mandarin, we say "請問你叫什麼名字?" (qing3 wen4 ni3 jiao4 she2 me ming2 zi) 請 (qing3) is please 問 (wen4) is ask 你 (ni3) is you (we learned that) 叫 (jiao4) is call 什麼 (she2 me) is what 名字 (ming2 zi) is name Together, it's "may I please ask you what your name is" in English. When being asked, you can ...