How do I say 'excuse me'? - Chinese Language Stack Exchange

In Mandarin Chinese, "Excuse me" is translated into "抱歉" normally. If you want to ask ... ChineseLanguageStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforstudents,teachers,andlinguistswantingtodiscussthefinerpointsoftheChineselanguage.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Startcollaboratingandsharingorganizationalknowledge. CreateafreeTeam WhyTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore HowdoIsay'excuseme'? AskQuestion Asked 5years,1monthago Modified 3years,2monthsago Viewed 8ktimes 3 2 So,Ijustfoundmyselfinaspotofbother.IdecidedtogotolearnhowtomakesomeChineseknots,buteverythingtherewasChinese,soIhadtospeakChinese.Iunderstoodtheinstructionsthattheteacherwastellingme,etc.anditwasallgoingwell... ButthenIrealisedthatIhadnoideahowtoaskforarandomperson'shelp. InEngland,weusuallysay."Excuseme",andthenthethingthatyouneedtosay.Ididn'tknowhowtodoit,sadly.So,Isaid对不起,andthenthesentence. Wasitwrongformetohavesaid对不起? Howdotheysay'excuseme'inChina? word-choicemandarinsimplified-chinesemainland-chinacolloquialisms Share Improvethisquestion Follow askedJun18,2017at14:38 FeatherballFeatherball 33855silverbadges1212bronzebadges Addacomment  |  8Answers 8 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 6 对不起isnotwrong.Accordingtothescenario,it'sfineifyouintenttouseitforthemeaningofI'msorry(forbotheringordisturbing). Youcanalsouse不好意思or打扰一下instead,ifyouwon'tbothertherandompeoplemuch. Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedJun18,2017at15:16 answeredJun18,2017at15:02 user4072user4072 Addacomment  |  4 InMandarinChinese,"Excuseme"istranslatedinto"抱歉"normally. Ifyouwanttoaskforarandomperson'shelp,thesewordsarealsouseful: 对不起dùbùqǐ 不好意思bùhǎoyìsi 不好意思，打扰一下bùhǎoyìsi，dǎrǎoyíxià(I'msorrytodisturbyou.) 打扰了dǎrǎole 劳烦问一下láofánwènyíxià 麻烦问一下máfánwènyíxià Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJun19,2017at11:22 邱澤衛邱澤衛 4111bronzebadge Addacomment  |  1 Youmayuse唔該(Cantonese,pronunciation:m4goi1)inHongKongorCantonesespeakingarea. Waytouse: Cantonese:唔該,我想要支水。

isequivalentto Mandarin:(不好意思/打擾一下)/對不起，我想要一瓶水。

English:(Excuseme)/Sorry,Iwouldliketohaveabottledwater. Youwouldsaythistotheworkerwhenhe/sheiscurrentlybusyordidnotpayattentiontothecustomer. Youmaysearchthewordshere,thisisabilingualwebpage: CantoneseDictionary Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJun19,2017at2:47 JackyX.JackyX. 41522silverbadges66bronzebadges 2 2 Sorry,butthetagonmyquestionwasMandarin,notCantonese,butstillagoodanswer! – Featherball Jun19,2017at14:20 Hahah,inChineseLanguage,whetheritisMandarinorCantonese,theyareinterrelated.Allthebestbro! – JackyX. Jun20,2017at1:08 Addacomment  |  1 Theaboveanswersareallgreat,Ijusthaveonemoretoadd. Growingup,Iwastaught请问，(translatesroughlyto"MayIpleaseask,").Thisphrasewouldfitperfectlywithaskingforhelp(particularlydirections). However,Idon'thavealargeamountofexperiencespeakingtoChinesestrangers(mostlytofamilyandfriendsonly),soIdonotknowifthismightbeconsideredaninformalwayofaskingforhelporifitmightevenbepartoft!heBeijingdialectonly.Idid,however,askfordirectionsfromstrangersseveraltimesusingthisphrase. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJun28,2017at21:04 KevinJinKevinJin 1122bronzebadges Addacomment  |  1 Frommyexperience,while请问istechnicallytheproperandpolitewaytoprefaceaquestiontoastranger,almostnobodyusesit(inMainlandChina,atleast).You'llmorecommonlyseepeoplegouptoanotherpersonandjustsay你好andthengoonwiththeirquestion(I'vepickedupthishabitaswell).ThiscouldbebecauseaskingquestionstostrangersissocommoninChina,theformalityisseenassuperfluous. Nottosayyoushouldn'tuse请问,butjusttellingmyexperience.Byallmeans,bepolite,evenifit'snotnecessary:) Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredMay23,2019at9:47 salamandersalamander 10922silverbadges88bronzebadges Addacomment  |  0 HowtoSayExcuseMeinChinese? InChinese,therearedifferentexpressionsfor"excuseme."Itcanbetranslatedinto:Dǎrǎole（打扰了）、Shīpéiyíhuìr（失陪一会儿）、Duìbúzhù（对不住）、Láojià（劳驾）、Qǐnɡyuánliànɡ，Dǎrǎoyíxià（请原谅；打扰一下）、Qǐnɡyuánliànɡ，Duìbùqǐ（请原谅；对不起）、Qǐnɡzàishuōyībiàn（请再说一遍）。

Whichonetochoosedependsonthedifferentsituation. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJun29,2017at4:02 katherinelikatherineli 14433bronzebadges Addacomment  |  0 对不起=sorry 不好意思=excuseme 不好意思请问一下or麻烦请问一下=excuseme,mayiaskyou(usually一下meaningitwillbeaquickquestion,andpeoplelikelytorespondnicelythan不好意思想问你个事_ Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJul5,2017at17:15 MemphisTonyVMontanaMemphisTonyVMontana 1 Addacomment  |  0 Thereare8differentwaystosay“ExcuseMe”inMandarinChinesewhenyouareindifferentsituation.Ihopeitcanhelpyou.https://youtu.be/4XzmI9R5fO8 Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJun26,2018at2:45 JuliaCollierJuliaCollier 13133bronzebadges Addacomment  |  YourAnswer ThanksforcontributingananswertoChineseLanguageStackExchange!Pleasebesuretoanswerthequestion.Providedetailsandshareyourresearch!Butavoid…Askingforhelp,clarification,orrespondingtootheranswers.Makingstatementsbasedonopinion;backthemupwithreferencesorpersonalexperience.Tolearnmore,seeourtipsonwritinggreatanswers. Draftsaved Draftdiscarded Signuporlogin SignupusingGoogle SignupusingFacebook SignupusingEmailandPassword Submit Postasaguest Name Email Required,butnevershown PostYourAnswer Discard Byclicking“PostYourAnswer”,youagreetoourtermsofservice,privacypolicyandcookiepolicy Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedword-choicemandarinsimplified-chinesemainland-chinacolloquialismsoraskyourownquestion. FeaturedonMeta AnnouncingtheStacksEditorBetarelease! Related 4 Replacementfor"他一个人"whenusedinasentenceaboutananimal 7 Whentouse"下一个"andwhenjust"下一"totranslateEnglish"next"? 2 凤毛麟角-Howtouse? 4 Howtoexpress:Iwish... 0 Whatisthemostcommonlyusedwaytosay"thankyou"inChinesepromotionalandmarketingmaterials? 1 Howtosay"Oneofthese"andthreeotherminiphrases? 2 Expressing'about'inChinese 0 Usageof对峙incolloquialChinese. 0 Thedifferencebetween路and道? 2 What'sthedifferencebetween在and于asapreposition? HotNetworkQuestions Tannakian-typereconstructionofetalefundamentalgroup Whatarethepurposeoftheextradiodesinthispeakdetectorcircuit(LM1815)? SumofConvergentSeriesforProblemLikeSchrödinger’sCat Scientificallyplausiblewaytosinkalandmass Whydoeshashingapasswordresultindifferenthashes,eachtime? Whydidn'tGLaDOSkillChell? Whatarethe"disks"seenonthewallsofsomeNASAspaceshuttles? TextintablenotstayingleftalignedwhenIusethesetlengthcommand Howshouldwedoboxplotswithsmallsamples? Is"OccupationJapan"idiomatic?(insteadofoccupationofJapan,occupiedJapanorOccupation-eraJapan) WhydoesAllahforceustoobeyhim? Whatisthistoolusedfor? WhathappensifIaccidentallygroundtheoutputofanLDOregulator? Howtopitchpuptenttoavoidpuddles Howtoencouragemeleecombatwhenrangedisastrongeroption What'sthedifferencebetweenamagicwandandaspell Whyisradioactivehalf-lifeconstant? Isthereanycriminalimplicationoffalsifyingdocumentsdemandedbyaprivateparty? WheredoIfindbasicsyntaxforTikz? HowdoyouhandleIPaddressingataDRSite Scientificwriting:attributingactionstoinanimateobjects WhydoesthecapacitancevalueofanMLCC(capacitor)increaseafterheating? IsthereapoliticalfactioninRussiapubliclyadvocatingforanimmediateceasefire? hydrostaticequilibriumofGasplanets morehotquestions Questionfeed SubscribetoRSS Questionfeed TosubscribetothisRSSfeed,copyandpastethisURLintoyourRSSreader. Yourprivacy Byclicking“Acceptallcookies”,youagreeStackExchangecanstorecookiesonyourdeviceanddiscloseinformationinaccordancewithourCookiePolicy. Acceptallcookies Customizesettings