Learn How to Say "Selfie" and "Take a Selfie" in Mandarin Chinese with Emma Video Lecture | Chinese for Beginners: Basics to Mandarin - Mandarin (Chinese)

hey guys this is Emma
what's up I hope you all are enjoying
your summer wait maybe your winter if
you live in Australia we're somewhere in
the southern hemisphere
well whatever season you're in right now
I hope you are doing great today I'm
going to teach you the Chinese for a
word that has become very popular in
recent years
selfie selfies have become more and more
popular since everyone has a smartphone
and it loves to post the pictures to
social media sites did you guys see the
selfie that Ellen posted of her and a
crowd of stars at the Oscars
that one was retweeted on Twitter more
than any other picture Wow by the way I
love Ellen she is just so lovely and
funny I really love her show okay
now let's get back to the word selfie
selfie in Chinese is a pie job
- hi-yah - hi-yah - literally means
itself which is also short for 30 self
pie means to take as in to take a photo
and a job means photo
so 2 pi cha literally means self taking
photo work
selfie - Shearwater - hi Joe this is my
selfie sometimes we also want to say
take a selfie work take a photo by
ourselves were myself which is a
slightly different from selfie it's 2 pi
2 pi instead of 2 pi Jo 2 pi 2 pi 2 pi
the verb and it's a pie chart it's the
noun 2 pi 2 pi a lot of girls like to
take a selfish hand old-new your heart
though she wants pie I'm taking a selfie
what that pie okay guys that's all for
today I hope you guys had a great time
learning Chinese with me also I would
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