Guest AlexF Posted June 11, 2004 at 11:16 AM Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 at 11:16 AM Hi! Situation: I am at home, when somebody rings the doorbell, i come to the door and ask before opening: - who is there? what is the right way to ask this in chinese - stupidly ask 谁是? Or in another situation when somebody calls me by phone and i cannot understand who is calling. How to ask politely? Thanx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quest Posted June 11, 2004 at 11:22 AM Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 at 11:22 AM 1: 是谁呀？ 2：请问你是哪位？ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeijingSlacker Posted June 11, 2004 at 11:33 AM Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 at 11:33 AM Casual way: 谁啊 Polite way: 请问您是哪位 apply to both phone and door situations. I personally would not use 谁啊 on the phone. Its a bit rude I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galitonwu Posted June 11, 2004 at 11:40 AM Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 at 11:40 AM 普通话：谁啊？ 上海话：啥您？ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handbus Posted June 11, 2004 at 02:28 PM Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 at 02:28 PM And in cantonese you can just pronounce "bingle" to mean "who is that calling" In Sichuanese "哪一个 la3yi2guo3" instead of "na3 yi1 ge4" for the meaning "which one" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeijingSlacker Posted June 11, 2004 at 03:00 PM Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 at 03:00 PM Poor guy. asked one question and was bombarded by how to say it in 100 different dialects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazu Posted June 11, 2004 at 09:39 PM Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 at 09:39 PM Just shout 找誰!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was what I got when I called to the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad about 2 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunyata Posted June 11, 2004 at 10:22 PM Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 at 10:22 PM islamabad...haha, what did you expect? a free foot massage and a beijing duck dinner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted June 11, 2004 at 11:23 PM Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 at 11:23 PM And in cantonese you can just pronounce "bingle" to mean "who is that calling" I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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