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Basic & Common Chinese Words & Phrases for tourists
Apr 30, 2008 09:29
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GUEST14698 How would you say "pleased to meet you" ?
May 8, 2008 16:32
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GUEST09249 How would you say "I didn't understand you?"
May 12, 2008 11:17
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"pleased to meet you" > Hen gaoxing renshi ni
"I didn't understand you?" > Ting bu dong [or] Wo bu mingbai
May 15, 2008 12:07
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GUEST39123 How would you say I'm sorry?
May 17, 2008 04:39
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i add this : 北 京 欢 迎 你 ！ bei jing hua ying ni ! Beijing welcome you .
:P
May 21, 2008 10:18
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<<<How would you say I'm sorry?>>>

Dui bu qi (du-way boo tchi)

OR

Bu hao yisi (boo how eee-se)

*pronunciation tips are approximations
May 22, 2008 04:06
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Dui bu qi (du-way boo tchi) or Bu hao yisi (boo how eee-se)

Muddie, did you use English words to mark how to pronounce Chinese words? I remembered that my classmates usually used Chinese words to mark English words when we were in Junior school, for example, Thank you (三克油 San 1 Ke 4 You 2---three grams edible oil). Interesting, isn't?
May 23, 2008 20:23
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<<<I remembered that my classmates usually used Chinese words to mark English words when we were in Junior school, for example, Thank you (三克油 San 1 Ke 4 You 2---three grams edible oil). Interesting, isn't?>>>

Very interesting!!! Especially considering that English writing is purely phonetic and that your friends all know the English alphabet.

My purpose was to help readers who did not know how Pinyin represented sounds. I would guess that your friends were doing something similar, although their main intent seemed to have been to learn new English words by piecing together Chinese words, which formed mnemonic devices.
Jun 20, 2008 08:34
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GUEST23779 How do we say I am alergic to fish...we are leaving next month for china...please help. this would be a life or death thing
Jun 22, 2008 22:17
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GUEST23779, here it is: 我对鱼肉过敏(wǒ duì yú ròu guò mǐn).
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