How to Say ‘This is’ in Simplified Chinese
这里是
zhè lǐ shì
[zhèlǐ shì]
🇨🇳 In China: Chinese companies answer the phone with 这里是 plus the company name, literally "here is", rather than "this is" plus a person's name.
Phrase Breakdown
这里
zhè lǐ
[zhèlǐ]
here
Refers to this place; on the phone it introduces the place you are calling from.
这里是前台。
This is the front desk.
是
shì
[shì]
is
Used to assert something or someone exists or equals.
他是我的老师。
He is my teacher.
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