- From Where? -
italiana
June 25, 2007 at 09:39 AM posted in General DiscussionNi hao. I need to know how to say "from" (location) in chinese, as in "I am from China" or "Hello from China" (like on a postcard)? Can you please post it in pinyin and hanzi? Xiexie!!
~italiana
henning
June 25, 2007 at 06:11 PM
A typical letter ending with a "Hello from China" (which also includes a time datum):
祝好
2007年6月25日于中国
Greetings from my wife who helped out with this one ;)
franch
June 25, 2007 at 10:24 AM
Hi Italiana, generally you might use 从。。。来 (的) : cóng (place of origin) lái
我是从美国来的 wǒ shì cóng měiguó lái de : I'm from the US (place of origin, birth)
我从美国来了 wǒ cóng měiguó lái le : I (have) come from the US (meaning I was there, now I'm here; not implying origin)
HIH :)
trevelyan
June 26, 2007 at 02:29 AMWhy not just 我是[country]人. 从...来 might be a bit strange to read in a postcard, since the 来 part would suggest you've come from someplace, which wouldn't be the case if you're writing from home.