CBC 1.03 | Saying where you come from

In this lesson you’ll learn to say where you come from and to talk about your nationality. You’ll also learn the names for some countries in Mandarin Chinese. As promised in the video, here are the Chinese names for some additional countries:

  • Wēi’ěrshì – Wales
  • Aì’ěrlán – Ireland
  • Fǎguó – France
  • Déguó – Germany
  • Xībānyá – Spain
  • Yìdàlì – Italy
  • Xīnxīlán – New Zealand
  • Rìběn – Japan

If you can’t find your country, go to wordreference.com and search for your country in the English-Chinese dictionary.