Lesson12: Question on First Meeting

List of questions below are questions that are SAFE to be asked in most Asian countries.

01. what is your name? = 你叫什麼名字? (ni jiao sheme mingzi | ㄋㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄜˊ ㄇㄜ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄗˋ?)

02. what is your surname? = 你姓什麼? (ni xing sheme? | ㄋㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄜˊ ㄇㄜ?)

03. how old you are? = 你幾歲? (ni ji sui? | ㄋㄧˇ ㄐㄧˇ ㄙㄨㄟˋ?)

04. do you have any siblings? = 你有兄弟姊妹嗎? (ni you siongdi jiemei ma? | ㄋㄧˇ 一ㄡˇ ㄒㄩㄥ ㄉㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄇㄟˋ ㄇㄚ?)

05. how many people in your family? = 你家裡有幾個人? (ni jia li you ji ge ren? | ㄋㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄧˇ 一ㄡˇ ㄐㄧˇ ㄍㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ?)

06. where are you from? [origins]= 你來自哪裡? (ni laizi na li? | ㄋㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄗˋ ㄋㄚˇ ㄌㄧˇ?)

07. where do you come from? = 你從哪裡來? (ni cong nali lai? | ㄋ一ˇ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄚˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊ?)

08. what is your job? = 你的工作是什麼? (ni de gongzuo shi sheme? | ㄋㄧˇ ㄉㄜ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ ㄕㄜˊ ㄇㄜ?)

09. how much is your salary? = 你的薪水多少錢? (ni de xinshui duo shao qian? | ㄋㄧˇ ㄉㄜ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ?)

10. what do you like? = 你喜歡什麼? (ni xihuan sheme? | ㄋㄧˇ ㄒㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄢ ㄕㄜˊ ㄇㄜ?)

11. what do you think about ___? = 你覺得 ___ 怎麼樣? (ni juede ___zenmeyang? | ㄋㄧˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄜ ___ ㄗㄣˇ ㄇㄜ 一ㄤˋ?)

12. are you married? = 你結婚了嗎? (ni jiehun le ma? | ㄋㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄏㄨㄣ ㄌㄜ ㄇㄚ?)

13. do you have ___ ? = 你有 ___ 嗎? (ni you ___ ma? | ㄋㄧˇ 一ㄡˇ ___ ㄇㄚ?)

girlfriend = 女朋友 (nu pengyou | ㄋㄩˇ ㄆㄥˊ 一ㄡˇ)

boyfriend = 男朋友 (nan penyou | ㄇㄢˊ ㄆㄥˊ 一ㄡˇ)