Learn Chinese for Beginners Beginner Chinese Lesson 1 Self Introduction in Chinese Mandarin 1 1

Follow along with the video when you see blue text and gain full access to all our lessons with the Chinese For Us Premium Membership Hi hello this is Chinese For Us Beginner's Basic Chinese Course Lesson 1 I'm Lily Today we'll learn how to introduce ourselves in Chinese When we meet someone new we say hello and introduce ourselves So we say hello in Chinese with nǐ hǎo Hello it literally means good well or okay Hello So "nǐ hǎo" is kind of like saying "I bet you're doing well or okay today " Did you notice that the tones for nǐ and hǎo don't sound the same when said together When spoken separately both are pronounced with a third tone When combined they are pronounced like this When two third tones occur together the first one changes to a second tone but it's still written as a third tone Then we'll introduce ourselves There are two different ways to introduce yourself in Chinese A Chinese name consists of two parts: the family name and the given name The family name comes first followed by the given name The surname is more likely just one character and the given name usually consists of one or two characters For example Bruce Lee's Chinese name is Li Xiao Long where Li is his family name and Xiao Long is his given name Literally it means little dragon And Jackie Chan's Chinese name is chéng lóng His last name is chéng and his first name is lóng Literally it means to become a dragon And my name is Hao Li Hao is my last name and Li is my first name So here are two ways to introduce yourself My surname is I am called and my given name is I am known as In both cases xìng and jiào serve as verbs in the sentence So this is how I introduce my last name My last name is Hao I'm Hao my last name is Hao And if Bruce Lee wanted to share his last name what would he say My last name is Li Now can you tell me your last name If you don't have a Chinese name yet just say it in your own language My last name is plus your last name Very good very good And another way to introduce yourself is my name is You can typically use it to introduce either your full name or just your first name afterward For example my full name is Hao Li My name is Hao Li I go by Hao Li And if it's Jackie Chan introducing his full name what would he say My name is Cheng Long Also you can say wǒ jiào followed by your first name but there's one exception: when your first name is just one character like mine You can't introduce yourself using only your first name So I can't say "I'm Li " I have to say "I'm Hao Li" with my full name My name is Li and my nickname consists of two characters Therefore "jiào" cannot be followed by just one character Now can you introduce your first name using the phrase wǒ jiào You can also say it in your own language: wǒ jiào followed by your first name Very good very good So we've learned two ways to introduce ourselves my name is and I'm called Let me introduce myself once more and then it'll be your turn Hello my name is Hao I'm Li Now suppose you're going to China and meeting your landlord Her name is Qian Ying She's going to say hello to you and introduce herself Can you say hello and introduce yourself And this time no pinyin Hello my name is Qian and I'm Qian Ying My last name is your last name my first name is your first name Very good very nice Before we wrap up here's a quick recap Did you get all of them right Don't forget to complete the quizzes for this lesson —it's on the lesson page of our website and the link is right underneath this video And in the next topic we'll learn some useful ways to memorize the characters from this lesson Don't forget to sign up on our website to get more learning materials And don't forget to subscribe like comment and share Thank you so much and I'll see you next time thank you goodbye