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Choosing a Name

Choosing a Name
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ID: 2729 Intermediate
Choosing a Chinese name is never easy. Especially when seemingly nice looking characters can go together in odd and unusual ways. Listen to today's class and you might learn some interesting things about Chinese names. Learn more about the character 敝 here: Put Me Through to Mr. Cai
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Choosing a Name
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
拜访 bàifǎng to pay a visit
交换 jiāohuàn exchange
差一点儿 chàyìdiǎnr nearly
敝姓 bìxìng my (polite) family name
你知道吗昨天我去拜访一个新客户交换名片的时候我差一点儿笑出来
nǐ 你zhīdào 知道ma 吗zuótiān 昨天wǒ 我qù 去bàifǎng 拜访yí 一gè 个xīn 新kèhù 客户jiāohuàn 交换míngpiàn 名片de shíhou 的时候wǒ 我chàyīdiǎnr 差一点儿xiào 笑chūlái 出来
You know what? I went to pay a visit to a new client yesterday. When we were exchanging business cards, I nearly burst out laughing.
为什么
wèishénme 为什么
Why?
她说你好敝姓毛然后递给我名片我就很自然地念出她的名字超糗
tā 她shuō 说nǐhǎo 你好bìxìng 敝姓máo 毛ránhòu 然后dì 递gěi 给wǒ 我míngpiàn 名片wǒ 我jiù 就hěn 很zìrán de 自然地niàn 念chū 出tā de 她的míngzi 名字chāo 超qiǔ 糗
She said: "Hello, my surname is Mao", then passed me her business card. I naturally read her name out loud and it was super embarrassing.
她叫
tā 她jiào 叫
She was called?
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