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laura.gage99
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Q: Is there a word in Chinese for excuse me?

Ive asked lots of Chinese people and they all just seem to intentional bump into one another when they need to get through a gap. that or they grunt at each other.

I dont want to always have to push people to make them notice me and there is only so much grunting in a day I want to do. What do you guys normally do to get someones attention verbally? I dont mind rude, just so long as I dont have to TOUCH anyone.

15 years 6 weeks ago in  Culture - China

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yurinho
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dui bi qi

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NO!! That more correctly translates to "I'm sorry"... which, in this case, the OP certainly is NOT! This is more of a 'get out of my way' sort of thing... there are much better phrases out there to use.

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But they'll think you're weird if you say it. It is generally seen as way too polite for that kind of situation. I say just do as the Chinese do, when in Rome and all that.

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I just say excuse me with a slight tap if they are not facing me. Many understand by the body language what you mean, a lot now understand those words in English and some just ignore you anyway.

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dui bi qi, or de bu chi.
Laughing out loud Laughing out loud

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Start singing in English. It gets their attention and catches them off-guard, normally causing some to even sidestep away from you. Then you have an easy path to just slip in.

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Bu Hao Yi Si

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Rang Yi xia

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You can say GUO YI XIA loudly so everyone near you can hear you.

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JUst tell them t get out the f************* way

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让一下 as wenna7 said: Rang4 yi2 xia4 - literally means "allow a bit"

 

But I couldn't hope to pronounce it well enough for them to understand anyway.

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In this case, qing3  rang4  yi1 rang4

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qingwen  , proper word for saying excuse me 

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This is ok for "I want to ask you a question", not so good for "please get out of the way"

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i don't know that much Chinese ,

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No people mentioned "借过(jie4 guo4)"？ It's a good word for such cases! It means "borrow me a way to pass". You probably have to say it loudly though.

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Not sure why 2 year old posts like this get bumped up. Looks like this lady is long gone and been out of China for well over a year now..... guess that whole not wanting to touch people didn't work out to well Smile

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