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Welcome! Introducing yourself in full

HSK 1 Unit 8: Weather, health and celebrations · Lesson 5 of 7 · About 18 minutes

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Your mission: By the end of this lesson, you can introduce yourself in full: name, country, age, home, job or study, how you get around, and what you like; and understand others doing the same.

Warm-up: do you remember?

Two quick questions from earlier lessons. Recalling before you learn makes the new material stick.

  1. Meaning

    What does 学习 mean?

    1. to study, to learn
    2. next time
    3. this year
    Show the answer

    Answer: A, to study, to learn.

    学习 (xuéxí) means to study, to learn.

  2. Characters

    Which word means “birthday”?

    1. 可以
    2. 电话
    3. 生日
    Show the answer

    Answer: C, 生日.

    “birthday” is 生日 (shēngrì).

  3. Listening

    From an earlier unit. Listen. What does the word mean?

    Cannot listen? Read it instead

    远 yuǎn

    1. how
    2. next to, beside
    3. far
    Show the answer

    Answer: C, far.

    You heard 远 (yuǎn): far.

New words

  • 欢迎huānyíngto welcome
  • 介绍jièshàoto introduce
  • 大家dàjiāeverybody

A full introduction

A good self-introduction answers the questions people always ask. Use what you learned in HSK 1:

  • Name: 我叫…
  • Country: 我是…人
  • Age: 我今年…岁
  • Home: 我住在…
  • Work or study: 我是… / 我在…工作
  • Getting around: 我每天坐…来…
  • Free time: 我喜欢…

  • 大家好！我介绍一下：我叫马克，我是英国人。

    Dàjiā hǎo! Wǒ jièshào yíxià: wǒ jiào Mǎkè, wǒ shì Yīngguó rén.

    Hello everybody! Let me introduce myself: my name is Mark and I'm British.

介绍一下 (jièshào yíxià) is let me introduce. 欢迎 (huānyíng) is welcome.

  • 欢迎你们！

    Huānyíng nǐmen!

    Welcome, all of you!

Characters

  • 绍 = 纟

Open a character to see how it is written, stroke by stroke, with its meanings and words.

First day of the new class

Teacher Wang welcomes a new evening class. Mark and David introduce themselves.

Listen first

Play the whole conversation and answer the questions before you open the transcript.

  1. Listening

    Listen first. Where does Mark live?

    1. next to the bank
    2. in Shanghai
    3. next to the school
    Show the answer

    Answer: C, next to the school.

    马克 says 我住在学校旁边.

  2. Listening

    How does David come to school?

    1. by subway
    2. by car
    3. on foot
    Show the answer

    Answer: A, by subway.

    大卫 says 我每天坐地铁来学校.

Show the transcript
Pinyin
Translation

  1. 王老师

    大家Dàjiā好hǎo！欢迎Huānyíng你们nǐmen！我Wǒ是shì王老师Wáng lǎoshī。请Qǐng大家dàjiā说说shuōshuo：你nǐ叫jiào什么shénme名字míngzi？你Nǐ住zhù在zài哪儿nǎr？你Nǐ喜欢xǐhuan做zuò什么shénme？

    Hello everybody! Welcome! I'm Teacher Wang. Please tell us: what's your name, where do you live and what do you like doing?

  2. 马克

    我Wǒ叫jiào马克Mǎkè，我wǒ是shì英国Yīngguó人rén。我Wǒ住zhù在zài学校xuéxiào旁边pángbiān。我Wǒ喜欢xǐhuan听tīng音乐yīnyuè，也yě喜欢xǐhuan看kàn电影diànyǐng。

    My name is Mark, I'm British. I live next to the school. I like listening to music and watching films.

  3. 大卫

    我Wǒ叫jiào大卫Dàwèi，我wǒ是shì美国Měiguó人rén，今年jīnnián三十四sānshísì岁suì。我Wǒ每天měitiān坐zuò地铁dìtiě来lái学校xuéxiào。我Wǒ喜欢xǐhuan打dǎ球qiú。

    My name is David, I'm American and I'm thirty-four this year. I come to school by subway every day. I like playing ball games.

  4. 王老师

    很Hěn好hǎo！欢迎Huānyíng你们nǐmen来lái学习xuéxí汉语Hànyǔ！

    Very good! Welcome to your Chinese studies!

Speak: listen, record, compare

Listen to each model, record yourself, then play both and compare: the rhythm, the tones, the vowels. No automatic score: your ear is the judge.

  • 很好！欢迎你们来学习汉语！

    Hěn hǎo! Huānyíng nǐmen lái xuéxí Hànyǔ!

    Very good! Welcome to your Chinese studies!

Practice

  1. Meaning

    What does 欢迎 mean?

    1. some (这些 these, 那些 those)
    2. to welcome
    3. hot
    Show the answer

    Answer: B, to welcome.

    欢迎 (huānyíng) means to welcome.

  2. Characters

    Which word means “to introduce”?

    1. 大家
    2. 去年
    3. 介绍
    Show the answer

    Answer: C, 介绍.

    “to introduce” is 介绍 (jièshào).

  3. Pinyin

    How do you read 大家 (everybody)?

    1. dàjiǎ
    2. dàjià
    3. dàjiā
    Show the answer

    Answer: C, dàjiā.

    大家 is read dàjiā. Check the tone mark on every syllable.

  4. Listening

    Listen. What does the word mean?

    Cannot listen? Read it instead

    欢迎 huānyíng

    1. free time
    2. (early) morning
    3. to welcome
    Show the answer

    Answer: C, to welcome.

    You heard 欢迎 (huānyíng): to welcome.

  5. Pinyin

    Type the pinyin of 介绍 (to introduce). Tone marks or tone numbers are welcome.

    Show the answer

    Answer: jièshào

    介绍 is jièshào in pinyin.

  6. Listening

    Listen. Which sentence did you hear?

    Cannot listen? Read it instead

    我叫马克，我是英国人。我住在学校旁边。我喜欢听音乐，也喜欢看电影。 Wǒ jiào Mǎkè, wǒ shì Yīngguó rén. Wǒ zhù zài xuéxiào pángbiān. Wǒ xǐhuan tīng yīnyuè, yě xǐhuan kàn diànyǐng.

    1. My name is Mark, I'm British. I live next to the school. I like listening to music and watching films.
    2. My name is David, I'm American and I'm thirty-four this year. I come to school by subway every day. I like playing ball games.
    3. Very good! Welcome to your Chinese studies!
    Show the answer

    Answer: A, My name is Mark, I'm British. I live next to the school. I like listening to music and watching films..

    You heard 我叫马克，我是英国人。我住在学校旁边。我喜欢听音乐，也喜欢看电影。 (Wǒ jiào Mǎkè, wǒ shì Yīngguó rén. Wǒ zhù zài xuéxiào pángbiān. Wǒ xǐhuan tīng yīnyuè, yě xǐhuan kàn diànyǐng.): My name is Mark, I'm British. I live next to the school. I like listening to music and watching films.

  7. Reading

    Read: 我叫安娜，我是英国人。我是老师，在一个大学工作。我住在北京。周末我喜欢在公园跑步。 What does Anna do?

    1. She is a teacher at a university.
    2. She is a student at a university.
    3. She is a doctor in Beijing.
    Show the answer

    Answer: A, She is a teacher at a university..

    我是老师，在一个大学工作.

  8. In context

    You start a talk to a group. What do you say first?

    1. 你好吗？
    2. 大家好！
    3. 再见！
    Show the answer

    Answer: B, 大家好！.

    大家好！: 大家好: hello, everybody.

  9. Grammar

    Which sentence means I come to school by subway every day?

    1. 我每天坐地铁来学校。
    2. 我每天来学校坐地铁。
    3. 我坐地铁每天来学校。
    Show the answer

    Answer: A, 我每天坐地铁来学校。.

    我每天坐地铁来学校。 Time, then how, then the verb.

  10. Word order

    Put the words in order: Welcome to your Chinese studies.

    • 来
    • 汉语
    • 学习
    • 你们
    • 欢迎
    Show the answer

    欢迎你们来学习汉语 Huānyíng nǐmen lái xuéxí Hànyǔ.

    Welcome to your Chinese studies.

    欢迎你们来学习汉语。 欢迎 + people + what they come to do.

Your full introduction

Introduce yourself in Chinese in at least seven sentences, out loud. Record yourself, listen back and save a copy to your device; record it again in a week and compare the two.

  1. Greet everyone and say your name and country.
  2. Say your age, where you live and what you do.
  3. Say how you get around and what you like doing.

Sentence frames

  • 大家好！我叫＿＿，我是＿＿人。

    Dàjiā hǎo! Wǒ jiào ＿＿, wǒ shì ＿＿ rén.

    Hello everybody! My name is ..., I'm from ...

  • 我住在＿＿，我是＿＿。

    Wǒ zhù zài ＿＿, wǒ shì ＿＿.

    I live in ..., I'm a ...

  • 我喜欢＿＿，也喜欢＿＿。

    Wǒ xǐhuan ＿＿, yě xǐhuan ＿＿.

    I like ..., and also ...

Record your attempt (three and a half minutes at most) and listen back:

Review and finish

Can you do this? If a line feels shaky, go back to that part before you move on.

  • I can introduce myself in seven sentences or more.
  • I understand a classmate's introduction.
  • I can review any HSK 1 unit before moving on.

Review works best spaced out: answer these exercises again tomorrow, then after a few days. Your progress is saved in this browser.

Completing records that you finished the lesson. Mastery is separate: it grows as reviews bring the exercises back and you answer them correctly.

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