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What's his name?

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ID: 0150 Newbie
With every 4th child born in the world being Chinese, there’s a good chance you’ll meet a few. In this podcast, we help you learn how to ask not only about names of new friends using Mandarin Chinese, but also about other information that might just get you an invite to that “famous restaurant” in town (word of warning: they all are famous).
Tue May 30 2006 | Jenny, Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
他 tā he
叫 jiào to be called
什么 shénme what
名字 míngzi name
他叫什么名字？
tā jiào shénme míngzi ？
What’s his name?
他叫王平。
tā jiào Wáng Píng 。
His name is Wang Ping.
他有哥哥吗？
tā yǒu gēge ma ？
Does he have any older brothers?
有。他有一个哥哥。
yǒu 。tā yǒu yī ge gēge 。
Yes. He has an older brother.
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