我的中国名字 My Chinese Name — HSK 1 Reading

我wǒ不bú是shì中国人Zhōngguórén，我wǒ在zài学校xuéxiào学习xuéxí汉语Hànyǔ。

I'm not Chinese — I study Mandarin at school.

我wǒ的de汉语Hànyǔ老师lǎoshī是shì北京人Běijīngrén。

My Chinese teacher is from Beijing.

昨天zuótiān她tā给gěi我wǒ一个yí gè中国Zhōngguó名字míngzi，叫jiào“明月Míngyuè”。

Yesterday she gave me a Chinese name: Mingyue.

她tā说shuō：“明míng是shì明天míngtiān的de明míng，月yuè是shì一月yīyuè的de月yuè。”

She said, "Ming is the ming in 'tomorrow', and yue is the yue in 'January'."

我wǒ很hěn爱ài这个zhège名字míngzi，朋友péngyou现在xiànzài都dōu叫jiào我wǒ明月Míngyuè。

I love this name, and now my friends all call me Mingyue.

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Key words 生词

名字míngziname

汉语HànyǔChinese (language)

学习xuéxíto study

老师lǎoshīteacher

给gěito give

叫jiàoto be called; to call

叫 — to be called

叫 introduces a name: 我叫明月 = I'm called Mingyue. It also works as 'to call someone something'.

昨天她给我一个中国名字，叫“明月”。 — Yesterday she gave me a Chinese name: Mingyue.

的 — possessive

的 links the owner and the thing owned: 我的老师 = my teacher, 我的名字 = my name.

我的汉语老师是北京人。 — My Chinese teacher is from Beijing.

都 + verb

都 goes right before the verb and means 'all/both', covering everyone mentioned before it: 朋友都叫我 = my friends all call me.

朋友现在都叫我明月。 — Now my friends all call me Mingyue.

1. Where is the narrator's teacher from?

2. What Chinese name did the teacher give the narrator?

3. What do the narrator's friends call the narrator now?