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style practice by 三国演义 (making introduction) 我是劉玄徳 你是曹孟徳 他是関雲長 他们是黄巾 她叫蔡文姫 I wonder what is difference between 是 and 叫..... 丁原：他是呂奉先 董卓：奉先,你好！ 孫策：他是谁？ 張昭：他是于吉老师 周瑜：她是谁？ XXXX：她是小喬

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是 = is

叫 = is called

style practice by 三国演义 (making introduction)

我是劉玄徳
你是曹孟徳
他是関雲長
他们是黄巾
她叫蔡文姫

I wonder what is difference between 是 and 叫.....

丁原：他是呂奉先
董卓：奉先,你好！

孫策：他是谁？
張昭：他是于吉老师

周瑜：她是谁？
XXXX：她是小喬
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Thank you for your comments. So, we should say, 他叫曹操, not曹孟徳？
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他是曹孟德: He is Cao. 他叫曹孟德: His name is Cao.
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I think I mostly understood it. Thank you for your advice !
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“是”express more formal occasions,and appear to be more confident and decent. “叫”said more casual occasions,suah as the elderly have a cute little friends may greet him "you are really cute,can you tell me what is you name?"=“你真可爱，你能告诉我你叫什么名字么？”

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