记者 in Context

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记者

Usage 1 - " reporter, journalist": 

*Sentence： 

我是一个美国人，以前是一名记者。 

English:

I'm an American. I used to be a reporter.

Top-Down Words:

美国 - United States
名 míng - measure word for people (respectful)

Sentence： 

你是一名记者吗？

English:

Are you a reporter?

Top-Down Words:

名 míng - measure word for people (respectful)

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Member Comments from 2019-mid-2020

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William Beeman

Hi
in 以前是一名记者 would a person really use 名 as a measure word to refer to one's self? If it is respectful term, wouldn't it be used toward others as a respectful reference?

Mandarin Blueprint

This measure word is only used as a respectful term for certain professions, but for a general respectful term for a person you would use 位

William Beeman

Hi. In many languages you use "humble" terms to refer to one's self, and "elevated" terms to refer to others. So for example 您贵姓. you would never say 我贵姓. So since you identified 名 as a "respectful" counter, I wondered if there was the same kind of asymmetry.

Mandarin Blueprint 

Oh, I see what you mean. Very good question! No, normally you would not refer to yourself using this respectful measure word. They would just just use 个 in most cases.

MB Team

This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZTpv6GwHS0&t=2999s