Happy Chinese(快乐汉语) is an entertaining, fun and easy Chinese series. In Season I, we will focus on daily life Chinese. It will helps the foreigners not only just know what to say, but also how to use it. 快乐汉语系列一《日常生活汉语》主要教授在中国家庭生活及学校生活中的日常用语。我们将以情景剧的方式帮助大家理解和掌握这些句子。

Sentences:

1.您贵姓?您叫什么名字?
What’s your surname? And your full name?
我姓刘,叫刘丽云。
My surname is Liu, and my full name is Liu Liyun.
中国人的姓名是姓在前,名在后。如果你想知道对方姓什么,有礼貌的问法是“您贵姓?”想知道对方的全名,就问“您叫什么名字?”或“您叫什么?”如果对方年龄比你小,你可以问“你姓什么?你叫什么名字?”假设你叫刘丽云,那么在回答别人询问的时候,你可以说“我姓刘”或者说“我姓刘,叫刘丽云。”
A Chinese name consists of two parts, the surname and the given name. The surname is placed before the given name. If you want to know someone’s name, the polite way to ask is “nin gui xing?” If you want to know his or her full name, just say, “nin jiao shen me ming zi?” or “nin jiao shen me?” If the person you ask is younger than you, you may ask, “ni xing shen me?”, “ni jiao shen me ming zi?” If your name is Liu Liyun, when answering someone’s inquiry about your name, you may say, “wo xing Liu” or “wo xing Liu, jiao Liu Liyun.”

2.这是什么?
What is this?
谁有硬币?
Who has coins?
疑问代词: 谁、什么、哪儿/哪里、什么时候/几点、怎么、几/多少
在汉语中,我们用疑问代词“谁”来询问具体的人,用“什么”询问事物,用“哪儿或哪里”询问地点,用“什么时候或几点”询问时间,用“怎么”询问做事的方式,用“几或多少”询问数量,这就是用疑问代词的疑问句。
Chinese interrogative pronouns include “shui” (who), “shen me” (what), “nar/na li” (where), “shen me shi hou/ji dian” (when, at what time), “zen me” (how), and “ji/duo shao”, (how many, how much).