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Are you Chinese?

nǐ shi zhōng guó rén ma?

pronunciation

nee-shuh-jung-go-ren-ma

Notes

  • slight rising intonation during .
  • slight falling intonation during ma.
  • The word ma is appended to the sentence to make it a yes/no question.
  • The word for “Chinese” is zhōng guó rén. You would only use this to refer to nationality, not language.