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ID: 2020 Newbie
When you're first learning Chinese, it's pretty tough to express your basic opinions, needs, and desires when you don't know the names of the various objects that surround you. Today's lesson will teach you a useful phrase that will let you smoothly ask your teacher what something is called in Chinese USING Chinese! Handy!
Thu Sep 13 2012 | Dilu, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
老师 lǎoshī teacher
这个 zhè ge this
中文 Zhōngwén Chinese
怎么 zěnme how
老师，这个中文怎么说？
lǎoshī ，zhè ge Zhōngwén zěnme shuō ？
Teacher, how do you say this in Chinese?
书。
shū 。
Book.
那个中文怎么说？
nà ge Zhōngwén zěnme shuō ？
How do you say that in Chinese?
笔。
bǐ 。
Pen.
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