EP142 中国名字 Chinese Names

 How to introduce your name in a Chinese way

 

Things you should know of Chinese names

 

Tips for choosing your Chinese name

 

How to avoid having stupid/strange Chinese names

 

Song: 《李雷和韩梅梅》徐誉滕 Li Lei & Han Meimei by Xu Yuteng

 

Dialogue:

 

A：你叫什么名字？

 

Nǐ jiào shén me míng zì ？

 

What’s your name?

 

B：我叫李雷。木子李，打雷的雷。你呢？

 

Wǒ jiào lǐ léi 。Mù zǐ lǐ ，dǎ léi de léi。Nǐ ne ？

 

My name is Li Lei.The “Li” is “mu” plus “zi”, 

 

and the “Lei” is the character means “thunder”. How about you?

 

A：我叫韩梅梅，韩国的韩，梅花的梅。

 

Wǒ jiào hán méi méi ，hán guó de hán ，méi huā de méi 。

 

My name is Han Meimei.The “Han” is the character for “Korean”,

 

And the “Mei” means “plum blossom”.

 

Words & expressions:

 

【叫】jiào：call

 

【名字】míng zì: name

 

【打雷】dǎ léi: thunder

 

【韩国】hán guó: Korean

 

【梅花】méi huā: plum blossom