2013年2月23日 星期六

How do you say "" in Mandarin Chinese? (with video III, and the video of personal pronouns)

1. How do you say "In recent days" in Mandarin Chinese?
Here, I prefer use some examples to explain the use of this phrase.
A: When did you come back?
B: In recent days. (Zuìjìn jǐ tiān)

C: When will you go to Canada?
D: In the next days. (Zuìjìn jǐ tiān)

So, the meaning  of "Zuìjìn jǐ tiān" varies depending on the context of conversation, chinese people also use it to say "in the next days".  
There are also things you should know about the use of this phrase, a. The chinese people say it when they have not decided an exact date. b. Or when they prefer to be euphemistic instead of saying "sorry, I can´t tell you the exact date".

2. How do you say "maybe" in Mandarin Chinese?
 When you don´t give a definitive answer to someone or you are not sure about it, you can say "Yěxǔ". For example:
A: Will you come back again?
B: Maybe. ("Yěxǔ")

3. How do you say "hurry up" in Mandarin Chinese?
You can say "Kuài yīdiǎn" or "Kuài diǎn". I prefer to use "Kuài yīdiǎn" although the situation requires "very -hurry up", "Kuài yīdiǎn" literally means "a little faster". The meaning of this phrase is less stronger than  "Kuài diǎn". I don´t like something happens to the people for being nervous, that´s why I prefer to use "Kuài yīdiǎn" than "Kuài diǎn".

4. How do you say "slow down" in Mandarin Chinese?
You can say "Màn yīdiǎn" or  "Màn diǎn". For personal reason, I prefer to use "Màn yīdiǎn", especially when I talk with children.

5. How do you say "be careful" or "watch out" in Mandarin Chinese?
The most common and used phrase is "Xiǎoxīn". There are other expressions, but if you are a beginner in learning Mandarin Chinese, this phrase is very useful enough to tell people "watch out" or "be careful".

6. How do you say "danger" in Mandarin Chinese?
We say "Wéixiǎn".

7. How do you say "Of course" in Mandarin Chinese?
Now, the young people like to use english expression "Of course", "No problem", "Sure" in the conversation. If you want to say it in Mandarin Chinese, you can say "Dāngrán".

8. How do you say "again!" in Mandarin Chinese?
"Again" in Mandarin Chinese is "Zài", but if you only say "Zài", the chinese people will not understand it, so, it´s better to say "Zài yīcì", "yīcì" means "one time", "Zài yīcì" means "one more time".

9. How do you say "Excellent" in Mandarin Chinese?
You can say "Hǎo jíle".

10. How do say "I´m not interested" in Mandarin Chinese?
 "Wǒ méi xìngqù", "Wǒ" means I or me.

Now, let´s watch the video to learn the pronunciation of every sentence:


Here, I also put the video of personal pronouns in Mandarin Chinese:

 

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