How to Say Your Nationality Country Name in Mandarin Chinese Day 5 guó jiā Free Chinese Lesson

hello everyone haha welcome to today's everyday Chinese in this lesson you will learn the names of different countries now let's get started basically we can divide countries into two groups now check out the first group chunk or make aw aw in war the war as you've noticed all of these countries and with the word guau guau is word for country in the first group we simply use word that represents the country plus cool for example the first one Joon gu China Joe cool hear the word drone means middle so jong-kul literally means meadow country but why do we call China the meadow country long long time ago in ancient times Chinese people thought at the China was geographically located in the middle of the world so China is called John Gua middle country now read after me John Gore now listen again don't go don't go don't go the second one may war America may Gore the word may means beautiful may so may go literally means beautiful country now repeat after me may go listen again Mei hua Mei what make or name now for the third one foie gras friends foie gras the pronunciation stars face far so when you want to say or think about how you pronounce friends friends foie gras no read after me far Gor no listen again in the same way let's take in war England for example in war when you wanna say in Goa think about how we pronounce England Igor now read after me Igor now listen again you go war KO guess Germany Guha is translated from Richland in German so if you are native German think about Deutschland the first letter will remind you of the cool know read after me go now listen again agua de agua go now listen and tell me which countries visa thank you Junko the war make war for the second group of countries these are directly translated from their English pronunciation ja na da da Li Shibuya the first country Gianna Gianna da can you guess Canada now read after me yeah na da no listen again Qian Appa Janata Janata the next one eternally Italy now repeat after me Burnley no listen again yadi yadi yadi she pun yeah spin no read after me she bun yeah no listen again Shivaya Shivaya hi Tanya you see for the second group you can make connection between their English pronunciation and their Chinese names but take note for the second group such as anata Danny and Ponyo we cannot put cool at the end instead you only say on Appa Italy sheep Anya now listen and tell me which countries visa ship Anya Italy janata alright thanks for listening that's all for today's lesson do you remember all of the countries which we learned today thanks to our contributors in today's audio in the next lesson you will learn how to introduce your nationality see you next time Stasia you