Communicate in Chinese-self-introduction 4 |
| 常用语句 Common Expressions |
wǒ
我 I ,me
shì
是 be, is, are, was, were
xiǎo jie
小姐 miss (n.) |
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jīng lǐ
经理 manager
guǎng dōng
广东 name of a province
gōng sī
公司 company |
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Language Points |
| Some Chinese syllables have a light and brief ending without much speech variaton known as the light tone ,as "xiǎo jie"(Miss). The light tones are written without a tone mark. Its utterance may be realized by laying a stree on the first syllable and leaving the following syllable unstressed. |
| Cultural Points 文化点击 |
| Chinese Names |
| A chinese name consists of two parts: the surname precedes the given name. In 王大可 wáng dà kě, for example, wáng is his surname whereas dà kě the given name. One -character surnames account for a great percentage of the total . Only a small number of surname are formed by two characters, such as 欧阳ōu yáng or 司马sī mǎ.These is a common choice between one character and two for one's given name with the exception of a few such names containing three or more character |
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