Questions in Chinese
After this free audio lesson you’ll feel more confident asking and answering questions in Chinese. Let’s say someone asks for personal information - how do you reply? It’s useful to be able to talk about yourself when you’re getting to know new people, speaking to an official person or filling out a form. Whatever the situation, the Rocket Chinese team is here to make it easier for you.
Perhaps you’re booking into a hotel, or going for an interview. You’ll probably be asked some basic personal questions in Chinese like “what is your nationality?” “what is your telephone number?” or “what is your date of birth?” These are all useful things to be able to talk about for everyday conversations as well.
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Pronouncing questions in Chinese
Let’s go through some of the most common questions you might be asked, whether you’re filling out a registration form in a hotel or at the consulate getting a new passport. In these situations, you’ll be addressed with “nín (您)” — “you.” So, though you have seen some of these questions before, all the questions below are expressed formally.
Chinese question words
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您叫什么名字？
What's your name?
您从哪儿来？
Where are you from?
您 是 哪 国 人？
What's your nationality?
您多大了？
How old are you?
您的出生日期是几月几号？
What is your date of birth?
您有兄弟姐妹吗？
Do you have siblings?
您有几个兄弟姐妹？
How many siblings do you have?
您有孩子吗？
Do you have children?
您有几个孩子？
How many children do you have?
您有配偶吗？
Do you have a spouse?
您结婚了吗？
Are you married?
您的地址是什么？
What is your address?
您的电话号码是什么？
What is your telephone number?
您的手机号码是什么？
What is your cell phone number?
您的护照号码是什么？
What is your passport number?
Responding to Chinese questions
When you’re responding, you can follow one of the simple formats below. Just insert the appropriate information in the brackets. When you talk about your date of birth, you have to do so from year to month to date. For example: “wǒ de chū shēng rì qī shì 1984 nián 4 yuè 5 rì (我 的 出 生 日 期 是 1984 年 4 月 5 日 。)” (05.04.1984).
我叫 [your name]。
My name is [your name].
我从 [name of place] 来。
I'm from [name of place].
我是 [country name] 人。
I'm [nationality].
我 [number] 岁了。
I am [number] years old.
我的出生日期是 [year] 年 [month] 月 [day] 号。
My birth date is on the [day] of [month], [year].
我有兄弟姐妹。
Yes, I have siblings.
没有兄弟姐妹。
No, I have no siblings.
我有 [number] 个兄弟姐妹。
I have [number] siblings.
有，我有孩子。
Yes, I have children.
没有，我没有孩子。
No, I do not have children.
我有 [number] 个孩子。
I have [number] children.
有，我有配偶。
Yes, I have a spouse.
没有，我没有配偶。
No, I haven't got a spouse.
我结婚了。
Yes, I'm married.
我没有结婚。
No, I'm not married.
我的地址是 [your address]。
My address is [your address].
我的电话号码是 [your number]。
My telephone number is [your number].
我的手机号码是 [your number]。
My cell phone number is [your number].
我的护照号码是 [your number]。
My passport number is [your number].
Filling out forms in Chinese
If you find yourself being asked to fill out forms with your personal details, you won’t get the complete questions that you’ve studied above. Instead, you’ll get short words or phrases.
姓名
Name
国籍
Nationality
性别
Gender
年龄
Age
出生日期
Date of birth
地址
Address
电话号码
Telephone number
手机号码
Mobile number
护照号码
Passport number
Find out all about asking Chinese questions in this series of lessons. Make sure you listen to the audio and practice your Chinese pronunciation. And do the Chinese tests at the end of each lesson to reinforce your knowledge of Chinese questions!
- Asking the right questions in Chinese.
- Learn the correct use of When? in Chinese.
- Asking "Where?" in Chinese.
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