Saying 'Thank You' in Mandarin Chinese by A. Mitski | ||
B2B Sales/Marketing & Customer Service : Online Marketing Analysis and Project Management : Asian Languages & Business Expertise |
The Chinese language offers a wide variety of means to express gratitude. However, remember that for Chinese (as is the case with any other people) no amount of profound kowtowing will make good for a lack of sincerity.
謝謝﹗Xie4 xie 謝謝你﹗Xie4 xie ni3 謝謝您﹗Xie4 xie nin2 |
"Thank you!" 您 nin2 is more polite than 你 ni3. |
真感謝﹗ Zhen1 gan3 xie4 |
"Thanks very much indeed!" |
我很感激你! Wo3 hen3 gan3 ji1 ni3 |
"I'm very much obliged!" |
多謝﹗Duo1 xie4 多謝你﹗Duo1 xie4 ni3 |
"Thank you very much!" |
太感謝你了﹗Tai2 gan3 xie4 ni3 le |
"I am very grateful!" |
真不好意思﹗ Zhen1 bu1 hao3 yi4 si |
"I'm very obliged!" |
麻煩你了﹗ Ma2 fan ni3 le |
"Thanks for your trouble!" |
謝謝你的幫助﹗Xie4 xie nie2 de bang1 zhu4 |
"Thanks a lot for your help!" |
真不知道怎麼謝你﹗ Zhen1 bu4 zhi1 dao zen3 me xie4 ni3 |
"I don't know how to thank you!" |
我真的十分感激你﹗wo3 zhen1 de shi2 fen1 gan3 ji1 ni3 |
"I'm really very grateful to you!" |
你真的太好心了﹗ni3 zhen1 de tai4 hao3 xin1 le |
"It's really mighty kind of you!" |
多得你的幫助﹗ Duo1 de ni3 de bang1 zhu4 |
"Thanks for your help!" |
你真會體恤人﹗ni3 zhen1 hui4 ti3 xu4 ren2 |
"How very thoughtful of you!" |
要不是你幫忙﹐我不知道怎麼辦! yao3bu2 shi4 ni3 bang1 mang2, wo1 bu2 zhi1 dao zen3 me ban4 | "I don't know what I should have done without your help!" |
改天再來拜訪你﹐好好再謝你﹗Gai3 tian1 zai4 lai2 bai4 fang2 ni3, hao3 hao zai4 xie4 ni3 |
"I will have to come and thank you properly once again!" |
打攪你了﹗Da2 jiao3 ni3 le |
"Sorry for causing you much trouble!" |
不客氣﹗Bu2 ke4 qi 不必謝﹗Bu2 bi4 le 不謝﹗Bu2 xie4 |
"Never mind! It's okay! Not at all!" |
不必了﹐不必了﹗Bu2 bi4 le, bu2 bi4 le |
"It's alright!" |
不謝﹐不謝。我們是朋友嘛﹗Bu2 xie4, bu2 xie4. Wo3 men shi4 peng2 you ma |
"Not at all! Aren't we friends?" |
別說﹐別說﹗Bie2 shuo1, bie2 shuo1 |
"Don't mention it!" |
應該的﹗Ying1 gai1 de |
"I just did what I had to!" |
你太客氣了﹗Ni3 tai4 ke4 qi le |
"Oh, it was really nothing" |
你真好﹗Ni3 zhen1 hao3 |
"You're so kind!" |
你是我的恩人﹗ Ni3 shi4 wo3 de en1 ren2 |
"I'll owe you one!" |
不知道怎麼報答你﹗Bu4 zhi1 dao zen3 me bao4 da2 ni3 |
"I don't know how I could pay this favor back!" |