Today’s post is great because no matter which phrase you use, you’re going to sound very polite and humble when using it.
These 6 phrases have been graded from Newbie to Superior, not necessarily based on the difficulty of saying them, but rather how you sound to a native speaker when saying these words. In my opinion, saying the “superior” one is easier than saying many of the others but this doesn’t matter. After watching this, we encourage you to avoid numbers 1 and 2 to really make you sound like a boss, but remember, all are good 🙂
Newbie
T.謝謝
S.谢谢
P.Xièxiè
Thank you
Elementary
T.哪裡哪裡
S.哪里哪里
P.Nǎlǐ nǎlǐ
No no (Thank you very much)
Intermediate
T.那兒的話，還不夠好
S.那儿的话，还不够好
P.Nà’er dehuà, hái bùgòu hǎo
Ah that’s nonsense, it’s still not good enough
Upper-Intermediate
T.差得遠呢
S.差得远呢
P.Chà dé yuǎn ne
I’m still really far off
Advanced
T.你過獎了，我的中文還有很大的進步空間
S.你过奖了，我的中文还有很大的进步空间
P.Nǐ guòjiǎngle, wǒ de zhōngwén hái yǒu hěn dà de jìnbù kōngjiān
You flatter me, my mandarin still has a lot of room for improvement
Superior
T.您不嫌弃
S.您不嫌弃
P.Nín bù xiánxì
It’s you guys not being critical of my Mandarin.
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