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Useful Phrases #3

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ID: 0081 Elementary
What could you use more than some more useful phrases in Mandarin Chinese? Well, even better than that, we’ve got some excellent high-frequency language you will wonder how you ever did without (i.e. Where is the washroom?). Listen in on this podcast, and learn some more important and useful questions and responses in Mandarin Chinese. Alas, who else could you count on to educate you in these sorts of “delicate” matters?
Tue Jan 17 2006 | Jenny, Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
洗手间 xǐshǒujiān washroom
哪里 nǎli where
麻烦 máfan to bother
卫生间 wèishēngjiān toilet
请问，洗手间在哪里？
qǐng wèn ，xǐshǒujiān zài nǎli ？
Excuse me, where is the bathroom?
麻烦你，卫生间在哪里？
máfan nǐ ，wèishēngjiān zài nǎli ？
I’m sorry to bother you, where is the bathroom?
我迟到了。不好意思。
wǒ chídào le 。bùhǎoyìsi 。
I’m late. Sorry.
我忘了你的名字。不好意思。
wǒ wàngle nǐde míngzi 。bùhǎoyìsi 。
I forgot your name. Apologies.
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