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No Need to Take off Your Shoes

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ID: 1025 Newbie
You want to be polite. But after a day of sightseeing in vinyl shoes, you are slightly apprehensive of the Chinese tradition of taking off one's shoes. Plus the slippers look like they are about four inches too short. What will you do? Learn in your sweaty socked anxiety how to ask your host apprehensively... 'Do I need to take off my shoes?' in Chinese... hopefully in a tone of voice that will tip off your host to insist that you don't.
Thu Nov 06 2008 | Jenny, Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
你 nǐ you
来 lái to come
要 yào must
脱 tuō to take off
你来啦！
nǐ lái la ！
You're here!
哎，要脱鞋吗？
ài ，yào tuō xié ma ？
Ah, do I need to take off my shoes?
不用。进来吧。
bùyòng 。jìnlái ba 。
There's no need. Please, come in.
噢。
ò 。
Oh.
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