Introduce Yourself in Chinese | Beginner Lesson 1 | HSK 1

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are interested in private Chinese lessons to accelerate your learning, I recommend you sign up for one -on -one lessons on our website. Today we are going to talk about introducing yourself in Chinese. Now, first of all, as you may know, Chinese is a tonal language. That means the tones you use when pronouncing a word can change its

tonal language. That means the tones you use when pronouncing a word can change its meaning. Mandarin Chinese has four basic tones. The high -level tone,

meaning. Mandarin Chinese has four basic tones. The high -level tone, ma, the rising tone, ma, the falling rising tone, ma, and the falling tone, ma.

There's also a fifth neutral tone, ma. We'll cover the tones in detail along with more examples in lesson two. When introducing yourself, you might want to talk about your name, your nationality, your occupation, and so on. So let's begin.

Let's start with how to say hello. Hello.

Ni hao. Ni hao.

Ni means you. Hao means good. And when we put these words together in Chinese, it means hello. Please repeat after me.

Ni hao. Ni

hao. Ni hao.

Ni hao. Hello. My name is Yi shuang.

Wo jiao Yi shuang. Wo

jiao Yi shuang. Wo jiao Yi shuang. Wo

jiao Yi shuang. Wo means I. Jiao means to be called. And Yi shuang is my name. So together they mean I'm called Yi shuang. Or my name is Yi

my name. So together they mean I'm called Yi shuang. Or my name is Yi shuang. And if your name is Tom, you would say. Wo jiao Tom.

shuang. And if your name is Tom, you would say. Wo jiao Tom.

Now please repeat after me. Wo jiao.

Wo jiao. Wo

jiao. Wo jiao. Wo jiao. My name is.

I'm from China. Wo jiao Yi shuang. Wo jiao.

Yi shuang. Wo jiao Yi shuang. Wo jiao Yi shuang. Wo jiao Yi shuang. Wo jiao Yi shuang.

shuang. Wo jiao Yi shuang. Wo jiao Yi shuang.

Wo jiao Yi shuang.

I come from China and if you're from America you would say and if you're from Britain you would say I come from Britain and if you're from Canada you would say I come from Canada OK next one I'm a teacher 我 means I 是 means to be

老师 means teacher So together they mean I'm a teacher And if you're a student you would say 我是学生 I'm a student And if you're a doctor you would say 我是医生 I'm a doctor And our last phrase is Nice to meet you 很高兴认识你

很 means very 高兴 means delighted, happy 认识 means to know or to meet 你 means you So together they mean nice to meet you Or I'm glad to meet you Please repeat after me 很高兴认识你

And I am pleased to meet you Okay, that's all for this lesson I hope this lesson has helped you with Introducing Yourself in Chinese If you find this video useful Please like it and subscribe to our channel on YouTube For more information about our lessons