Lesson #2 - You’re Welcome!
June 4th, 2007Learn Chinese travel phrases with SurvivalPhrases.com! A little Chinese can go such a long way! Whether you’re traveling, visiting, or sightseeing, survivalphrases.com has all the essential travel phrases just for you! Today we cover another high frequency Chinese phrase sure to be of use on your trip, travels or vacation to China.
Today we learn more about basic etiquette in China as we cover several phrases to express to “You’re welcome.” in Chinese. Be sure to stop by SurvivalPhrases.com before you set out on your trip to China, and be sure to leave us a post!
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A lot of Chinese speakers say ‘no thanks’ to people when they mean to say ‘you’re welcome’. Now you know why: it’s a literal translation of 不用谢。
This was very slow going and easy to follow. It was also nice to find out the real-world application of the additional ‘r’ sound to mei zhu (probably not spelled right). It’s nice to learn which phrase is more polite and I can’t wait to practice it. ^_^ Xie xie.
没事！No problem Tiffany! Just don’t be surprised if you come to places like Shanghai or anywhere in the south and don’t hear the extra ‘r’ at all! It’s used almost exclusively in the North.
And by the way, it’s méi shì.