How To Say What Is Your Name In Chinese?

The most common and simple ways to say what is your name in Chinese

There is more than one way to ask “what’s your name” in Chinese. Here are the most common and simple ways we use in our daily life. Here to explain "how to say what is your name in chinese".

1. 你叫什么名字？[nǐ jiào shén me míng zi?] - What’s your name?

2. If you want to ask this question with respect or at a formal occasion, you can say 请问你叫什么名字？[qǐng wèn nǐ jiào shén me míng zi?] - May I ask what your name is?

3. 你的名字是什么？[nǐ de míng zì shì shén me?] or 你的名字叫什么？[nǐ de míng zì jiào shén me?] - What’s your name? It is usually used in formal situations, and not commonly used in daily speech.

4. 你叫什么？[nǐ jiào shén me?] - What are you called?

5. 你姓什么？[nǐ xìng shén me?] – What is your family name?

6. 您贵姓？[nín guì xìng?] – What is your family name? This is a more polite way to ask someone’s name.

7. 请问您怎么称呼？[qǐng wèn nín zěn me chēng hu?] – May I have your name? This is the most respectful and polite way to ask someone’s name.

8. 你叫啥子？[nǐ jiào shá zǐ?] - What’s your name? It is a more casual way to ask someone’s name.
9. 你叫咩名？[nǐ jiào miē míng?] - What’s your name in Cantonese?

10. 你可以自我介绍一下么？[nǐ kě yǐ zì wǒ jiè shào yí xià me？] - Can you introduce yourself?

What is your name in Chinese on the phone

Conversations on the phone are often different from other situations, here are the ways to ask the name on the phone.

1. 请问哪位？[qǐng wèn nǎ wèi?] – May I ask who is that? It means who are you on the phone in a polite way.

2. 您是哪位？[nín shì nǎ wèi?] - Who is that? It means who are you on the phone.

How to ask one’s name in ancient China

1. 敢问阁下尊姓大名？[gǎn wèn gé xià zūn xìng dà míng?] - May I ask what your name is?
   You can respond like this: 不敢当，在下… [bù gǎn dāng，zài xià… ] - My name is…

2. 兄台，冒昧问一句，您贵姓？家住何方？
   xiōng tái，mào mèi wèn yí jù，nín guì xìng？jiā zhù hé fāng？
   Excuse me, brother, what’s your family name and where are you from?
   It’s a formal way to ask a man’s basic information.

3. 小娘子芳名是何？芳龄几许？家住何处？
   xiǎo niáng zǐ fāng míng shì hé？fāng líng jǐ xǔ？jiā zhù hé chù？
   Excuse me, little girl, what’s your name, how old are you and where are you from?
   It’s a formal way to ask a girl’s basic information.

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