When making new friends, you introduce yourself to people, and you want to know them as well. How to ask people’s last name and first name politely in Chinese? Let’s find them out in this session.

 

 

is the respectful version of 你。 We use this word to show respect to someone we talk to. For example, we can say 您好 in place of 你好when talking to a teacher, the boss,anelderly,orstrangers you would like to make friends to.

 

 

How to ask people’s last name in a polite way? 請問您貴姓 means May I know your last name? You can say 請問你姓甚麼?This sentence means “What is your last name?” You can also 請問您姓__? By leave 什麼 blank, people know that you are asking his/her last name. 請問means May I ask. Please be reminded that it’s a polite way to add 請問in front of your question in Chinese.

 

 

How to tell people your last name in Chinese? can be a verb, therefore it’s Ok to say 我姓王,他姓陳。 貴姓 only appears in question sentence.

 

 

Now it comes to the first name, how to ask people’s first name in a polite way? 名字means name. 大名 is the polite version. Therefore we can say 請問你的名字是什麼? 請問您的大名是?It means May I know your first name? Or 請問你叫什麼名字?It means May I know what’s your first name?

 

 

How to tell people your first name? 我是大平我叫小平means I am 大平小坪。 我的名字是大平 My name is 大平。 Or you want to make it closer by saying 你可以(it means you may)叫我大平。You can call me 大平。 叫我大平就行了就可以了 means “Just call me 大平。 There are four versions to tell people your first name in Chinese. You choose the appropriate version according to the situation and the person you are talking to. For example, when making new friends in a formal occasion, you can say 我的名字是中安。You can introduce your name in a relaxed way as 叫我中銘就行了。 However, 大名 is used in question sentence only.

 

 

Want to know people full name in a polite way? Add the last name and the first name as 貴姓大名 in the question sentence, your question goes as 請問您貴姓大名。Or you can ask 請問您怎麼稱呼it means “May I know what would you like to be called? People will reply with 我姓王,叫中安,叫我中安就行了。

 

 

Now you know how to ask people’s last name and first name, that means you are able to make new friends in Chinese, or make Chinese new friends. Try it and share it. Enjoy Learning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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