EP55 中国名字 Chinese Names

 Chinese 101: How to introduce your name in a Chinese way

 

Language Tips: How to choose your Chinese name; Chinese name culture

 

Story of The Day: It never rains but it pours 一鸣惊人 yī míng jīng rén

 

 

Dialogue:

 

A：你叫什么名字？

 

Nǐ jiào shén me míng zì ？

 

What’s your name?

 

B：我叫李丽。木子李，美丽的丽。你呢？

 

wǒ jiào lǐ lì 。mù zǐ lǐ ，měi lì de lì 。nǐ ne ？

 

My Name is Li Li, “mu zi” Li, another “Li” means “Beauty”. How about you?

 

A：我叫夏雨，夏天的夏，下雨的雨。

 

wǒ jiào xià yǔ ，xià tiān de xià ，xià yǔ de yǔ 。

 

My name is Xia Yu. “Xia” as “Summer”, “Yu” as “Rain”.

 

Words & expressions:

 

【叫】jiào: call

 

【名字】míng zì: Name

 

【美丽】měi lì: beautiful, pretty

 

【夏天】xià tiān：summer days

 

【下雨】xià yǔ: rain

 

Hosts: Liu Min & Sam Duckett

 

Programme Editor: Wang Xiaoyu

 

Producer: Lu Chang