--description--

When you want to tell someone your name in Chinese, you can use a very common and natural structure:

​我是 (wǒ shì)​​ + name.

It means "I am..." or "My name is...". 我 (wǒ) means "I". Think of 是 (shì) as the verb "to be" in English.

--instructions--

Listen to the audio and answer the question below.

--questions--

--text--

What's the name of the speaker?

--answers--

王华 (wáng huá)

刘明 (liú míng)

--feedback--

The audio does not mention this name.

华王 (huá wáng)

--feedback--

The Chinese name order is family name first, so this is in a wrong order.

你好 (nǐ hǎo)

--feedback--

This is a greeting, not the speaker's name.

--video-solution--

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--explanation--

我是 (wǒ shì)​​ means "I am..." or "My name is...". It uses the verb 是 (shì) after the pronoun 我 (wǒ), which means "I", to show identity. For example:

我是刘明 (wǒ shì liú míng)。 — I am Liu Ming.

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