介绍 · Names and meeting
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我是学生
wǒshìxuéshēng
I am a student
Sounds roughly like waw shir shweh-shung
Literal meaning
我
wǒ
I
是
shì
am
学生
xuéshēng
student
I · am · study-person
How to pronounce it
- 我
wǒ
wo3
33rd · dippingDipping “waw”.
- 是
shì
shi4
44th · fallingRetroflex “shir”, falling.
- 学
xué
xue2
22nd · risingx + üe. Say “ee”, round the lips, then glide to “eh”. Rise. ü is the hard part.
- 生
shēng
sheng1
11st · highRetroflex sh + “ung”, high and level.
In real life
我是学生,我在北京学习中文。
Wǒ shì xuéshēng, wǒ zài Běijīng xuéxí Zhōngwén.
I’m a student — I study Chinese in Beijing.