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I tend to use "麻烦你!" Mafan ni! in those informal situations where the longer more polite
expressions seem a bit overdone.



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Josh-J -



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Where have you heard 不好意思 in Mainland China and in what context?

I'm not againstwind, but I think a chinesepod episode uses 不好意思, and they're based in
Shanghai... can't remember the context though but I thought it meant 'sorry to bother you', kindof
thing. Its been a while since I listened to that episode though..










Roee -

Josh-J, 不好意思 is rarely used in Shanghai and in fact the only time I heard it here is from
Taiwanese or foreigners who learned Mandarin in Taiwan.

FYI, in practice, 不好意思 meaning goes way way beyond "'sorry to bother you'", anyhow CP is
definitely not my rope to swing on.










Josh-J -



Quote:

Josh-J, 不好意思 is rarely used in Shanghai and in fact the only time I heard it here is from
Taiwanese or foreigners who learned Mandarin in Taiwan.

FYI, in practice, 不好意思 meaning goes way way beyond "'sorry to bother you'", anyhow CP is
definitely not my rope to swing on.

Ah right, well I've never tried using it because I pretty much forgot about it until seeing it in
this thread .. what is "CP"?










selfconstruct -



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不好意思 is rarely used in Shanghai and in fact the only time I heard it here is from
Taiwanese or foreigners who learned Mandarin in Taiwan.

I believe in Hong Kong, 唔好意思 is used as an apology of sorts - to apologise for
accidentally bumping into someone for example..










skylee -



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I believe in Hong Kong, 唔好意思 is used as an apology of sorts - to apologise for
accidentally bumping into someone for example..

Yes, for that. And for stopping someone from whatever he/she is doing to give you the attention.










Long Zhiren -

I've heard 不好意思 on the mainland (Hunan & Sichuan), on Taiwan and in the US.
I haven't heard it used to get anyone's attention though.
I've only heard it used as kind of a humble almost embarrassed expression, for example, when
receiving a nice favor or something.
I had to differentiate the expression from 沒有意思 (to have no reason).










bhchao -



Quote:

I haven't heard it used to get anyone's attention though.
I've only heard it used as kind of a humble almost embarrassed expression, for example, when
receiving a nice favor or something.

In my experience, I heard 對不起 used quite often to get someone's attention. 不好意思 can
be used in the context where you're in a packed theater/cinema prior to the beginning of a show,
and you would like a seated individual to move one seat over to accomodate you and your
significant other.










David W Jackson -

Informal: ting wode
Formal: qing zhuyi

Works for me.










skylee -

If anyone says "ting wode" to me I am certain I would think "why must I" and then would ignore
that person. It is simply not very polite.












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