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This drawn lesson explains how a name is usually given in Chinese, with family name first, followed by the often longer "first name." The lesson then explains country and citizen words like the following:

"měi guó" - America
"zhōng guó" - China
...

as well as

"měi guó rén" - American
"zhōng guó rén" - Chinese
...

This video (see at YouTube) is of beginner level difficulty. It has subtitles in Pinyin and Chinese characters. We especially recommend this video.

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