One of the first questions you’ll be asked when meeting someone in China is ‘Where are you from?’ – 你从哪儿来？Nǐ cóng nǎr lái? Whether you’re from Canada or Colombia, this Rocket Chinese lesson on countries in Chinese will prepare you for these questions and help you ask them in return and understand the answer!
Some of the names of countries are similar in English and Chinese but pronounced slightly differently so they’ll be easier to remember. Practice these country names out loud so you can sound natural when talking to a native Chinese speaker!
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Rocket Record lets you perfect your Chinese pronunciation. Just listen to the native speaker audio and then use the microphone icon to record yourself. Once you’re done, you’ll get a score out of 100 on your pronunciation and can listen to your own audio playback. (Use a headset mic for best results.) Problems? Click here!
阿根廷
Argentina
澳大利亚
Australia
苏格兰
Scotland
加拿大
Canada
智利
Chile
中国
China
哥伦比亚
Colombia
西班牙
Spain
法国
France
德国
Germany
美国
United States of America
英格兰
England
日本
Japan
威尔士
Wales
爱尔兰
Ireland
国家
countries
你从哪儿来？
Where are you from?
I hope you enjoyed this lesson! Not too hard, right? You’ve just added to your growing Chinese vocabulary list! Of course there are many countries in the world and we couldn’t name them all here. If you want to really get to know all the guójiā in Chinese, you might want to get a map in Chinese!
For more lessons on Chinese vocabulary I recommend these!
回头见！Huítóu jiàn!
Lin Ping: Rocket Chinese
Reinforce your learning from this lesson with the Rocket Reinforcement activities!