How to say "This is a little something I got for you"?
xiaophil
February 03, 2010 at 01:37 AM posted in I Have a QuestionI will give a gift to someone today. I remember studying a sentence that is appropriate to say in Chinese when presenting a gift, but I can't recall it. I hope to avoid saying, "我买了一个礼物，给你". Anyone know?
首先谢谢你们！
cassielin
February 03, 2010 at 03:59 AM
Hi xiaophil,
送礼的时候，我们可以说：“这是我精心挑选的礼物，希望你会喜欢！”或者“这是我的一点心意，希望你能接受！”更加客气一点，我们可以说：“些微薄礼，不成敬意，请笑纳！”
xiaophil
February 03, 2010 at 02:14 AM
Now that is odd. I had to copy and paste 'dinner guest' into the search box. Just clicking on it got this message:
Sorry!
This page doesn't exist.
You may have followed a broken link or mistyped the web address.
xiaophil
February 03, 2010 at 02:00 AM
Perfect! It's the exact same sentence that I was trying to recall. Thanks.
PS: your links appear to be broken.
xiaophil
February 03, 2010 at 01:09 AM
Oops, really wish I could edit the title. Should say:
How to say "This is a little something I got for you"?
That'll teach me to do something in a hurry.
John
February 03, 2010 at 01:49 AMPhil,
See this lesson: Dinner Guest
The Expansion section also has three other examples using "小意思".