In this Chinese lesson, we’re going to go through a self-introduction template, which will cover the most common expressions you’ll need to introduce yourself.
Greetings & Opening remarks
One to one
你好!
One to a group
大家好。
Hello everyone.
(Lit. Everyone good.)
Lead-in before your self-introduction
下面我来介绍一下我自己。
Next let me introduce (a little bit) myself.
Name or nickname
我 叫 + name。
My name is ___.
(Lit. I to be called__.)
E.g.
我叫Joyce.
My name is Joyce.
你/你们可以叫我 + nickname。
E.g.
你们可以叫我佳佳。
大家都叫我 + nickname。
Everyone calls me ___.
(Lit. Everyone all calls me___.)
E.g.
大家都叫我佳佳。
Everyone calls me Jiajia.
Background
我是___+ nationality ___。
I am______.
E.g.
我是中国人。
I am Chinese.
我是美国人。
I'm American.
我来自+ place。
I come from_____.
E.g.
我来自陕西西安。
I am from Xi'an, Shaanxi.
我来自美国纽约。
I am from New York, USA.
我在 + place + 出生,但是我在 + place + 长大。
I was born in ____, but I grew up in___.
(Lit. I in ___to be born, but I in _____grow up.)
E.g.
我在美国出生,但是我在澳大利亚长大。
I was born in the United States, but I grew up in Australia.
(Lit. I in the United States to be born, but I in Australia to grow up.)
我在 + place + 住了+ time period +了。
I’ve been living in___for___.
(Lit. I in___have lived____.)
E.g.
我在香港住了十年了。
I’ve lived in Hong Kong for 10 years.
Education Background
我 在+ place + 读 + degree。
I’m studying___in____.
(Lit. I in/at____to read___.)
E.g.
我在中国读大学。
I’m studying for a bachelor degree in China.
(Lit. I in China read university.)
我在美国读研究生。
I’m studying for a master’s degree in the United States.
(Lit. I in the United States read master degree.)
我学习___专业。
I major in___.
(Lit. I study____major.)
E.g.
我学习教育专业。
I major in Education.
(Lit. I study Education major.)
我学习金融专业。
I major in Finance.
(Lit. I study Finance major.)
Current Job
我在 + place + 做 + occupation。
I work as___in___.
(Lit. I at___to do___.)
E.g.
我在旅行社做导游。
I work as a tour guide in a travel agency.
(Lit. I at travel agency do tour guide.)
我在餐厅做服务员。
I work as a waiter in a restaurant.
(Lit. I at restaurant do waiter.)
我是做 + sth. + 的。
I work as___.
(Lit. I do___.)
E.g.
我是做销售的。
I work in sales.
(Lit. I do sales.)
我是做金融的。
I’m in the finance industry.
(Lit. I do finance.)
我是一名 + occupation。
I’m a_____.
E.g.
我是一名汉语老师。
I’m a Chinese teacher.
我是一名工程师。
I’m an engineer.
Interests and Hobbies
我(超级/特别/最)喜欢_noun / verb_。
I like___very much.
Lit. I (super/particularly/ the most) like ___.
E.g.
我超级喜欢学习外语。
I like learning foreign languages very much.
我特别喜欢交朋友。
I particularly like to make friends.
我最喜欢做饭。
I like cooking the most.
我对__sth._很感兴趣。
I’m interested in__.
Lit. I towards ___ very interested.
E.g.
我对艺术很感兴趣。
I’m very interested in art.
(Lit. I towards art very interested.)
我对中国历史很感兴趣。
I’m very interested in history.
(Lit. I towards Chinese history very interested.)
Self-evaluation
我是一个 _description_ 的人。
E.g.
我是一个很开朗的人。
I’m an extroverted person.
我是一个很害羞的人。
I’m a shy person.
我的朋友们都说______。
My friends all say that_____.
E.g.
我的朋友们都说我是一个很害羞的人。
My friends all say that I’m a shy person.
Concluding words
很高兴认识你/你们/大家。
Nice to meet you/you(plural)/everyone.
请多多指教。
Please do give me some guidance.
One possible self-introduction template, creat your own from now on!
大家好。我叫 + name。我的朋友们都叫我 + nickname。我来自+ place。
Hello everyone. My name is__. My friends call me__. I come from______.
我在+place+ 住了+ time period + 了。我是一名+ occupation。我特别喜欢+ interests。
I’ve been living in____for____. I’m a_____. I particularly like______.
我的朋友们都说 + description by your friends。很高兴认识你们。请多多指教。
My friends all say that______. Nice to meet you all. I'd highly appreciate your kind guidance.
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