Delicious! [lit 'good eat'] 好 吃 hao chi!
Do you accept credit cards? 信用卡可以吗 ？xin yong ka ke yi ma?
Do you speak English? 会说英语吗 ？hui shuo ying yu ma?
Do you understand? 懂吗 ？dong ma?
Excuse me … [a polite way to get attention] 劳驾 lao jia …
Good afternoon! 下午好 xia wu hao!
Good evening! 晚上好 wan shang hao!
Good morning! 早上好 zao shang hao!
Good night! [lit 'evening peaceful'] 晚 安 wan an!
Goodbye! [lit 'again meet'] 再见 zai jian!
Hello! [lit. 'Are you doing well?'] 你好吗 ni hao ma? [answered with 'I (am) very well,' 我很好 wo hen hao]
How much does it cost? [lit 'How much money?'] 多少钱 ? duo shao qian?
How old is it? 有多少年份？you duo shao nian fen?
I don’t understand Chinese. 我不懂中文 wo bu dong zhong wen.
I need an interpreter. 我需要翻译 wo xu yao fan yi.
I want to buy … 想买。。。xiang mai …
I’ll take both of them. [lit 'both item both request'] 两个都要 liang ge dou yao.
I’ll take this one. [lit 'please, allow me this item'] 请给我这个 qing gei wo zhe ge.
I’m just looking. 随便看看 sui bian kan kan.
Is that so? ['Indeed?'] 是吗？shi ma?
It goes down smoothly. [lit 'smooth/favorable mouth'; said of delicious tea] 順口
May I ask you …? [lit 'please inquire'; a polite way of getting conversational attention] 请‭ ‬问 。。。 qing wen …
May I have your (sur)name? [lit 'you valuable (sur)name?'] 您贵姓？nin gui xing? — answered with ‘my (sur)name (is) …’] 我姓 。。。 wo xing …
May I taste this tea? 我可不可以品试这个茶 ？wo ke bu ke yi pin shi zhe ge cha?
May I use a credit card? 信用卡，可以吗？ xin yong ka, ke yi ma?
No. 沒有 mei2 you3
No problem! [i.e. 'Not to worry!' or 'Never mind!'] 没关系 mei guan xi!
No problem! [i.e. 'Sure!' lit 'not inquire thing'] 没问题 mei wen ti!
Okay, I’ll buy it. 好，我买了 hao, wo mai le.
Please show it to me [lit 'allow me look at it'] 给我看一下 gei wo kan yi xia.
Please show me … [lit 'please allow me take a look at ...] 请让我看看 。。。 qing rang wo kan kan …
Please write it in hanzi [Chinese characters]. 请用汉字写。qing yong han zi xie.
Please write it in pinyin [roman letters]. 请用拼音写。qing yong pin yin xie.
Pleased to meet you! [lit 'meet you, I very high interest'] 见到你，我很高兴 jian dao ni, wo hen gao xing!
Thank you! 谢 谢 xie xie! [answered with 'you're welcome!' 不客气 bu ke qi! (lit 'not guest energy'), or 不用 谢 bu yong xie! (lit 'not use thanks')]
Thank you very much! [lit 'not ordinary feel thanks'] 非常感谢 fei chang gan xie!
This is my e-mail (address). 这是我 的 e-mail。zhe shi wo de e-mail.
This is the best (one). 这最好。zhe zui hao.
Very good! 很好 ! hen hao!
What is the price? 是 什么价格？ shi shen me jia ge?
Where can I find …? 我 能在哪里找到 。。。？ wo neng zai na li zhao dao …?
Yes. 对的 dui de.
Yes. 是的 shi de.