You also need to know these numbers to tell your age:

Use this dialogue pattern when you meet someone new:

Person A: Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?
(What is your name?)

Person B: Wǒ jiào ________.
(My name is ________.)

Person A: Wǒ hěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ.
(Nice to meet you.)

Person B: Wǒ yě hěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ.
(Nice to meet you too.)

Here is a conversation between Anna (Ānnà) and Samu (Shānmǔ):

Anna: Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?
(What is your name?)

Samu: Wǒ jiào Shānmǔ, nǐ ne?
(My name is Samu, and you?)

Anna: Wǒ jiào Ānnà.
(My name is Anna.)

Samu: Wǒ hěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ.
(Nice to meet you.)

Anna: Wǒ yě hěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ.
(Nice to meet you too.)

When you write these words, remember:

• Wǒ (我) – Draw the "hand" radical on the left and the "grass" part on top
• Nǐ (你) – Remember the "person" radical on the left
• Jiào (叫) – Has a "mouth" radical on the left
• Shénme (什么) – The top part means "what"

Practice writing each character three times in your exercise book.

• Nǐ hǎo ma? – How are you?
• Wǒ hěn hǎo. – I am fine.
• Wǒ jiào ________. – My name is ________.
• Wǒ hěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ. – Nice to meet you.

In Tanzania, you can use these Chinese phrases when you meet Chinese tourists visiting places like Zanzibar or when you interact with Chinese businesspeople at markets in Arusha or Dar es Salaam. For example, if a Chinese visitor asks you "Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?" you can confidently answer "Wǒ jiào Maria" and make a new international friend!