Pinyin (Read): Nǐ chīfàn le ma?
Chinese words: 你吃饭了吗？
2. “Eat some more.” or “Have some more.”
Pinyin (Read): Nǐ duō chī yīdiǎn.
Chinese words: 你多吃一点
3. “Eat slowly.” or “Bon appétit” or “enjoy your meal” (American English).
Pinyin (Read): Màn man chī.
Chinese words: 慢慢吃。
4. “Walk slowly.” or “Take care” or “Have a good day” (American English).
Pinyin (Read): Màn zǒu.
Chinese words: 慢走
5. “Come slowly.” or “Take it easy”, “Take your time” or “Easy does it”.
Pinyin (Read): Màn màn lái.
Chinese words: 慢慢来
Pinyin (Read): Wǒ gēn nǐ jiǎng.
Chinese words: 我跟你讲。or 你听我讲 nǐ tīng wǒ jiǎng (“Listen to what I say”).
Note: that 讲 jiǎng can always be replaced by 说 shuō.
7. “I go first.” or “I’m off.” or “I gotta run.”
Pinyin (Read): Wǒ xiān zǒu le.
Chinese words: 我先走了。
8. “Please [let me] ask.” or “Excuse me.”
Pinyin (Read): Qǐng wèn yīxià.
Chinese words: 请问一下。
9. “Don’t see me out.” or “You don’t need to see me out.” or “No need to walk me out.”
Pinyin (Read): Bié sòng le. or Similar phrase in Chinese: 请回 qǐnghuí (“Please return.”) and 请留步 Qǐng liúbù (“Please stop here.”)
Chinese words: 别送了。
10. “I drink to you” or just “Cheers”.
Pinyin (Read): Wǒ jìng nǐ yī bēi.
Chinese words: 我敬你一杯。
Note: 敬 jìng here symbolises respect given to the second party.
11. “I will consider [it].” or “I’ll think about it.”
Pinyin (Read): Wǒ huì kǎolǜ yīxià de.
Chinese words: 我会考虑一下的。
12. “You go do what you are busy with.” or “Please carry on with what you’re doing.”
Pinyin (Read): Nǐ qù máng nǐ de ba.
Chinese words: 你去忙你的吧。
13. “I’m not criticising you.” or “I’m not criticising you.” or “I’m not having a go at you.” (Aussie English) or “No offense.”
Pinyin (Read): Wǒ bù shì shuō nǐ.
Chinese words: 我不是说你。
Note: Similar phrase in Chinese: 我不怪你 Wǒ bù guài nǐ (“I’m not blaming you.”)
14. As for?
Pinyin (Read): Zhìyú ma?
Chinese words: 至于吗？
Note: Near-equivalent phrase in English: “Is that really the case?” or “Has it come to that?” (depending on situation)
15. “You scared me to death.” or “You scared the crap outta me” or “You freaked me out” or “You made me concerned” (depending on situation.)
Pinyin (Read): Nǐ xià sǐ wǒ le.
Chinese words: 你吓死我了。
Pinyin (Read): Nǐ lái tàiguó yǒu shén me shì er?
Chinese words: 你来泰国有什么事儿？
17. I do business.
Pinyin (Read): Wǒ shì lái zuò shēngyì de.
Chinese words: 我是来做生意的。
18. I came to the conference.
Pinyin (Read): Wǒ shì lái kāihuì de.
Chinese words: 我是来开会的.
19. I came to study.
Pinyin (Read): Wǒ shì lái liúxué de.
Chinese words: 我是来留学的。
20. I came to visit.
Pinyin (Read): Wǒ shì lái lǚyóu de.
Chinese words: 我是来旅游的。
21. Your Visa, please
Pinyin (Read): Qǐng chūshì qiānzhèng.
Chinese words: 请出示签证。
22. Passport, please.
Pinyin (Read): Qǐng chūshì hùzhào
Chinese words: 请出示护照
23. Do you have a passport?
Pinyin (Read): Nǐ yǒu hùzhào ma?
Chinese words: 你有护照吗？
24. passport and ticket
Pinyin (Read): hùzhào hé piào
Chinese words: 护照和票
25. please fill in the arrival card
Pinyin (Read): Qǐng tiánxiě dàodá kǎ
Chinese words: 请填写到达卡
26. There are seven days in a week.
Pinyin (Read): Yì zhōu yǒu qī tiān.
Chinese words: 一周有七天。
27. She looks really sad today.
Pinyin (Read): Tā jīntiān kànqǐlái hěn bēishāng.
Chinese words: 她今天看起来很悲伤。
28. tomorrow at 10:10
Pinyin (Read): míngtiān shí diǎn shí fēn
Chinese words: 明天10：10
29. I took a day off yesterday.
Pinyin (Read): Wǒ zuótiān fàngle yì tiān jià.
Chinese words: 我昨天放了一天假。
30. I marked our anniversary on the calendar.
Pinyin (Read): Wǒ zài rìlì shàng biāojìle wǒmen de zhōunián jìniànrì.
Chinese words: 我在日历上标记了我们的周年纪念日。
31. There are fifty eight seconds left on the stopwatch.
Pinyin (Read): Pǎobiǎo shàng hái shèng wǔshí bā miǎo.
Chinese words: 跑表上还剩五十八秒。
32. There are 60 minutes in an hour.
Pinyin (Read): Yī xiǎoshí yǒu liùshí fēnzhōng.
Chinese words: 一小时有60分钟。
