介绍 · Names and meeting

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我是学生

shìxuéshēng

I am a student

Sounds roughly like waw shir shweh-shung

Literal meaning

  • I

  • shì

    am

  • 学生

    xuéshēng

    student

I · am · study-person

How to pronounce it

  • wo3

    33rd · dipping

    Dipping “waw”.

  • shì

    shi4

    44th · falling

    Retroflex “shir”, falling.

  • xué

    xue2

    22nd · rising

    x + üe. Say “ee”, round the lips, then glide to “eh”. Rise. ü is the hard part.

  • shēng

    sheng1

    11st · high

    Retroflex 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.