{"id":5261,"date":"2014-02-23T22:00:23","date_gmt":"2014-02-23T14:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/akikolingoland.com\/?page_id=5261"},"modified":"2014-04-06T16:15:59","modified_gmt":"2014-04-06T08:15:59","slug":"introducing-oneself","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/akikolingoland.com\/en\/introducing-oneself\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Oneself"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Introducing<\/p>\n

N\u01d0 h\u01ceo
\n\u4f60\u597d\uff01
\nHello!
\n01 ni-hao<\/a><\/p>\n

N\u00edn gu\u00ecx\u00ecng
\n\u60a8\u8d35\u59d3\uff1f
\nWhat’s your surname?
\n03 nin guixing<\/a><\/p>\n

W\u01d2 x\u00ecng Hu\u00e1ng
\n\u6211\u59d3\u9ec4\u3002
\nMy surname is Huang. (‘gu\u00ecx\u00ecng’ is honorific and therefore not used on oneself)
\n04 wo xing huang<\/a><\/p>\n

W\u01d2 ji\u00e0o Hu\u00e1ng F\u0101ngq\u00ed
\n\u6211\u53eb\u9ec4\u65b9\u9e92\u3002
\nMy name is Huang Fangqi.
\n02 wo jiao<\/a><\/p>\n

Ji\u00e0o w\u01d2 F\u0101ngq\u00ed h\u01ceo le
\n\u53eb\u6211\u65b9\u9e92\u597d\u4e86\u3002
\nJust call me Fangqi.
\n05 jiao wo-hao le<\/a><\/p>\n

N\u01d0 ji\u00e0o sh\u00e9nme (m\u00edngzi)
\n\u4f60\u53eb\u4ec0\u4e48\uff08\u540d\u5b57\uff09\uff1f
\nWhat’s your name?
\n06 ni jiao shenme mingzi<\/a><\/p>\n

N\u01d0 x\u00ecng sh\u00e9nme
\n\u4f60\u59d3\u4ec0\u4e48\uff1f
\nWhat’s your surname? (More casual than ‘N\u00edn gu\u00ecx\u00ecng’)
\n07 ni-xing-shenme<\/a><\/p>\n

Z\u011bnme ch\u0113nghu n\u00edn
\n\u600e\u4e48\u79f0\u547c\u60a8\uff1f
\nHow should I address you?
\n08 zenme-chenghu<\/a><\/p>\n

*Note\uff1a<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Surnames come before given names.<\/li>\n
  2. It is more polite to ask only the surname, so when meeting someone for the first time, or when speaking to someone considered more respectable, asking \u201c\u60a8\u8d35\u59d3\u201d (n\u00edn gu\u00ecx\u00ecng) would be more appropriate. In more casual settings, it is alright to ask \u201c\u4f60\u53eb\u4ec0\u4e48\u540d\u5b57\u201d (N\u01d0 ji\u00e0o sh\u00e9nme m\u00edngzi)<\/li>\n
  3. There are 2 verbs that can be used when asking for someone’s name. The first one is \u201c\u59d3\u201d (x\u00ecng), which means ‘surname’. The phrase \u201c\u60a8\u8d35\u59d3\u201d (n\u00edn gu\u00ecx\u00ecng) literally means ‘what is your honorable surname?’ When someone asks for your name with ‘x\u00ecng’, they are expecting you to tell them your surname, not your given name. The second is \u201c\u53eb\u201d (ji\u00e0o), which means ‘to be called’. When we use this verb, what follows is either the full name or only the given name, never only the surname.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I will be writing a post on this soon, stay tuned!<\/span>
    \n

    <\/div>\nThis is the promised post: How Should I Address You – Self-Introduction in Mandarin<\/a>. Happy reading!<\/span>
    \n    \"\"<\/a>
    \n
    <\/div>\n
    Return to Mandarin Weekly<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/span>
    \n
    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    N\u01d0 h\u01ceo \u4f60\u597d\uff01 Hello! 01 ni-hao N\u00edn gu\u00ecx\u00ecng \u60a8\u8d35\u59d3\uff1f What’s your surname? 03 nin guixing W\u01d2 x\u00ecng Hu\u00e1ng \u6211\u59d3\u9ec4\u3002 My surname is Huang. (‘gu\u00ecx\u00ecng’ is honorific and therefore not used on oneself) 04 wo xing huang W\u01d2...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5261","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t