Beijingese-Actual Meaning phrasebook
by Rudolph Bracket
What Chinese people say, and what they really mean, presented in pinyin for the ease of our Chinese-deficient readers.
In the shops
Wo bu hui pian ni xiansheng - Wo xiang pian ni xiansheng
Ni hao pengyou! - Ni hao, you qian de ren
Ni hui putonghua ma? - Ni de yisi wo wanquan mingbai, danshi wo bu zhidao zenme huida ni de wenti.
In the Taxi
Women zou er huan ba, bijiao kuai! - Zou er huan wo hui zheng duo yi xie qian!
Ni shi nali lai de ren? - Wo hen congming, zhidao ni bu shi Beijing ren
Oh!! X - Hao! (X=the country you say) - Oh X mei you zhongguo hao!
General
Ni hao - Ni bu hao
Ni chi fan le ma? - Ni juede wo chuan zhei jian yifu wo pigu zenmeyang?
The Market
Waiguo pengyou - Waiguo ren.
Hello Hello! - Wo xiang he ni de xue!
Look look! - Ni kan zheibian, wo hui sha ni!