Practical Travel & Online Chinese HSK 2-3 选修 12 个词

Polite Practical Phrases

Use the small softeners that make requests sound natural instead of blunt.

目标

Learners can soften requests, get attention, and respond politely in practical settings.

Ask a stranger for help politely and tell them it is no problem.

politeness softeners requests

不好意思，麻烦你帮我一下。

Bù hǎoyìsi, máfan nǐ bāng wǒ yíxià.

Excuse me, could I trouble you to help me for a moment?

请问，地铁站在哪里？

Qǐngwèn, dìtiě zhàn zài nǎlǐ?

Excuse me, where is the subway station?

Soften requests and describe quick tries with 一下.

没有请，重点会不清楚。

Without 请, the focus would be unclear.

Pick the grammar piece that controls the sentence role.

我能看出给的位置。

I can identify the position of 给.

Review where this pattern appears in the sentence.

明天可能下雨。

It may rain tomorrow.

Complete the sample sentence for Possibility with 可能.

请等一下。

Please wait a moment.

一下 softens the request.

请

qǐng

Look this over. Continue when you think you’ll remember it.

Meanings

to ask to invite