我是中國人

Chinese

Chinese phrasebook

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	I; me	be; yes; this	Chinese person; Chinese people; the Chinese
trad. (我是中國人)	我	是	中國人
simp. (我是中国人)	我	是	中国人
alternative forms	我是中國儂／我是中国侬 Min Nan

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǒ shì Zhōngguórén

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˇ ㄕˋ ㄓㄨㄥㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁵ si⁶ zung¹ gwok³ jan⁴
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ngo¹ si⁴ zung¹ guêd⁵ ngin²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): góa sī Tiong-kok-lâng / góa sǐ Tiong-kok-lâng

(Teochew, Peng'im): ua² si⁶ dong¹ gog⁴ nang⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ngu ⁶zy ¹tson-koq-gnin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǒ shì Zhōngguórén
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˇ ㄕˋ ㄓㄨㄥㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǒ shìh Jhongguórén
  - Wade–Giles: wo³ shih⁴ Chung¹-kuo²-jên²
  - Yale: wǒ shr̀ Jūng-gwó-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woo shyh Jonggworen
  - Palladius: во ши Чжунгожэнь (vo ši Čžungožɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngo⁵ si⁶ zung¹ gwok³ jan⁴
  - Yale: ngóh sih jūng gwok yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁵ si⁶ dzung¹ gwok⁸ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁵ xi⁶ zung¹ guog³ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː¹³ siː²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³ jɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngo¹ si⁴ zung¹ guêd⁵ ngin²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋo⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩⁵³ t͡sʊŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ kuɛt̚¹ ŋin¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: góa sī Tiong-kok-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: guá sī Tiong-kok-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goar si diongkoklaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡua⁵³ si²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ laŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua⁴¹ si³³⁻²¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ laŋ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡua⁵³ si²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡua⁵³ si³³⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: góa sǐ Tiong-kok-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: guá sǐ Tiong-kok-lâng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁵⁵⁴ si²² tiɔŋ³³ kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ua² si⁶ dong¹ gog⁴ nang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uá sĭ tong kok nâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ua⁵²⁻³⁵ si³⁵⁻¹¹ toŋ³³⁻²³ kok̚²⁻⁴ naŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ngu ⁶zy ¹tson-koq-gnin
  - MiniDict: ngu^去 zy^去 tson^平 koh nyin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ngu ³zr ¹tson-koq-nyin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋu³³ zz̩³³ t͡soŋ⁵⁵ koʔ³³ n̠ʲin²¹/

Phrase

我是中國人

I am Chinese (a citizen of China)

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 我係中國人／我系中国人
(Hakka) 𠊎係中國人／𠊎系中国人