我是中國人

Chinese

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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 ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ 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 (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ngu ⁶zy ¹tson-koq-gnin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǒ shì Zhōngguórén
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˇ ㄕˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ 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
  • (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

1. 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