curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/zh-a1-warm-up-greeting-new-colleagues/68ecebd387bcd514976dbd9a.md
Wang Hua is mentioning a nationality. In Chinese, nationalities are often formed by combining a country name with a character that means "people". The country she mentions is in East Asia.
Listen to the audio and answer the question below.
Which nationality is she saying?
美国人 (měi guó rén)
This means "American", not what is said in the audio.
韩国人 (hán guó rén)
This means "Korean", not the nationality mentioned in the audio.
中国人 (zhōng guó rén)
新加坡人 (xīn jiā pō rén)
This means "Singaporean", not the one mentioned in the audio.
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Wang Hua is saying a nationality: 中国人 (zhōng guó rén), which means "Chinese".
It combines 中国 (zhōng guó), which means "China", and 人 (rén), which means "people". For example:
我是中国人 (wǒ shì zhōng guó rén)。 - I am Chinese.
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