中国 Zhongguo = China
澳大利亚 Aodaliya = Australia
英国 Yingguo = England
美国 Meiguo = America
加拿大 Jianada = Canada
德国 Deguo = Germany
日本 Riben = Japan
新西兰 Xinxilan = New Zealand
台湾 Taiwan = Taiwan
香港 Xianggang = Hong Kong
法国 Faguo = France
意大利 Yidali = Italy
泰国 Taiguo = Thailand
新加坡 Xinjiapo = Singapore
马来西亚 Malaixiya = Malaysia
西班牙 Xibanya = Spain
南非 Nanfei = South Africa
Asking about someone's nationallity
To ask a person his/her nationality, say 你是哪国人 Ni Shi Na Guo ren. To answer the question say 我是...with nationality
eg. A : 你是哪国人? B: 我是中国人
Describe Language ability
To ask someone if he or she can speak a certain language, again both ways of asking question can be used. eg.你会说汉语吗? or 你会不会说汉语?
To say 'You speak very well ' say 你说得很好 Ni shou de hen hao. To reply ' Not at all ' say 哪里, 哪里. Chinese use 得 after a verb to lead to the degree or result of the action of this verb.
'Mandarin' the official Chinese language
Mandarin is called different names by the Chinese living in different places. Since the introduction of Pinyin and simplified characters in China, there are also variations in form of Mandarin being used. You will find that in your local Chinese community, characters used in newspaper, publications are printed in traditional characters, while publications from China are in simplified form.
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