<p>I'm an experienced Chinese speaker, and I totally understand your issue. &quot;Wo de ming zi&quot; (in Chinese: 我的名字） means my name is. Like in English, there are lots of ways to say &quot;my name is&quot;. &quot;Wo de ming zhi jiao&quot; （我的名字叫）means &quot;my name is called&quot;. In replying to @EmanAdam 's comment, both phrases are actually used very often in daily life. However, these phrases are mostly used in Mandarin, and not in Cantonese, which is a more &quot;relaxed&quot; style of language. In Cantonese, to say what your name is would be more like &quot;我個名係...&quot;. As you can see, the language is much more natural to say. I hope you have a good time learning Chinese!</p>
<p>希望你喜歡學中文！</p>

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mickey mouse
<p>Wo jiao wang li
Wo de ming zi  shi wang li
But it's my first time to hear ( wo de ming jiao....)
I think it's grammatical true ,  but not in every day languages</p>

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Eman Adam
<p>Wo de Ming Zi SHI vs Wo de Ming Zi JIAO?</p>
<p>The following two statements are correct:</p>
<p>(1) Wo de Ming Zi <strong>SHI</strong> Zhang San.</p>
<p>(2) Wo <strong>JIAO</strong> Zhang San.</p>
<p>Where <strong>SHI</strong> and <strong>JIAO</strong> are verbs.</p>
<p>It is OK to say:</p>
<p>(3) Wo de Ming Zi <strong>JIAO</strong> Zhang San.</p>
<p>and people always say:</p>
<p>(4) Ni de Ming Zi <strong>JIAO</strong> Shen Mo?</p>

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PdotWang
<p>First of all, I am not sure why the downvote on the question. It's a legitimate question at a basic level.</p>
<p>Now back to the question. Both are correct. /jiao/ literally &quot;call&quot;.</p>
<p>/wo de ming zi shi .../ roughly translated to: My name is ...</p>
<p>/wo de ming zi jiao .../ My name is called ... (or, better, I am called ...)</p>
<p>I don't know why you thought the first one is the ONLY correct form. Perhaps it's what is in your textbook? Or it's what your teacher teaches in class? But in a language, it's very common to have more than one way to say something, especially something as common, and basic, as &quot;my name is ...&quot;.</p>
<p>Welcome to language learning!</p>

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Good catch. The former is the formal teaching given to beginners and considered the formal way to introduce oneself. The latter is more casual.
r13
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It should be forbidden to give downvotes without a comment.
PdotWang
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monalisa
<p>I always thought that &quot;wo de ming zi shi ...&quot; is the only correct form but today I found (and also a quite a few hits on Google&quot; &quot;wo de ming zi jiao ...&quot;. Is the latter normally used and correct?</p>

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I don't understand the down-voting here; this is a good question! Thinking that there is only one correct way to say something is maybe a bit naive, but I think that's not against the rules. :)
Olle Linge
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Wo de ming zi SHI vs Wo de ming zi JIAO
# Wo de ming zi SHI vs Wo de ming zi JIAO

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-09-06)

I always thought that "wo de ming zi shi ..." is the only correct form but today I found (and also a quite a few hits on Google" "wo de ming zi jiao ...". Is the latter normally used and correct?

**Tags:** phrase, introductions

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I don't understand the down-voting here; this is a good question! Thinking that there is only one correct way to say something is maybe a bit naive, but I think that's not against the rules. :)  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2021-09-06. Score: 10 | Accepted answer

First of all, I am not sure why the downvote on the question. It's a legitimate question at a basic level.

Now back to the question. Both are correct. /jiao/ literally "call".

/wo de ming zi shi .../ roughly translated to: My name is ...

/wo de ming zi jiao .../ My name is called ... (or, better, I am called ...)

I don't know why you thought the first one is the ONLY correct form. Perhaps it's what is in your textbook? Or it's what your teacher teaches in class? But in a language, it's very common to have more than one way to say something, especially something as common, and basic, as "my name is ...".

Welcome to language learning!

> **Comments:**
> **username_6**: Good catch. The former is the formal teaching given to beginners and considered the formal way to introduce oneself. The latter is more casual.  
> **username_4**: It should be forbidden to give downvotes without a comment.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2023-11-21. Score: 1

I'm an experienced Chinese speaker, and I totally understand your issue. "Wo de ming zi" (in Chinese: 我的名字） means my name is. Like in English, there are lots of ways to say "my name is". "Wo de ming zhi jiao" （我的名字叫）means "my name is called". In replying to @username_3 's comment, both phrases are actually used very often in daily life. However, these phrases are mostly used in Mandarin, and not in Cantonese, which is a more "relaxed" style of language. In Cantonese, to say what your name is would be more like "我個名係...". As you can see, the language is much more natural to say. I hope you have a good time learning Chinese!

希望你喜歡學中文！


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### Answer by username_3 on 2021-09-09. Score: 0

Wo jiao wang li
Wo de ming zi shi wang li
But it's my first time to hear ( wo de ming jiao....)
I think it's grammatical true , but not in every day languages


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### Answer by username_4 on 2023-11-21. Score: 0

Wo de Ming Zi SHI vs Wo de Ming Zi JIAO?

The following two statements are correct:

(1) Wo de Ming Zi **SHI** Zhang San.

(2) Wo **JIAO** Zhang San.

Where **SHI** and **JIAO** are verbs.

It is OK to say:

(3) Wo de Ming Zi **JIAO** Zhang San.

and people always say:

(4) Ni de Ming Zi **JIAO** Shen Mo?


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