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Open Class Chinese - Daily Mandarin-
Greet in a Questionnaire Survey
Have you conducted any questionnaire survey before in the street? Or, be invited to fill in a questionnaire for a survey study? In this unit, we see how to use the greeting words or phrases to request a survey interviewee to respond and complete a questionnaire in Mandarin as follows.
Warm Up
Listen to conversation
Meng Jie is carrying out a questionnaire survey in the street. An interviewee Wen Bo is invited to participate in her survey. Let us see what goes next.
Play the audio track
早 上 好 ， 小 姐 !
zǎoshang hǎo，xiǎo jiě
Good morning, Madam!
能 帮 忙 做 一 份 问 卷 调 查 吗 ?
néng bāng máng zuò yí fèn wèn juàn diào chá ma ?
Could you help me with a questionnaire?
你 好 ， 先 生 !
nǐ hǎo, xiānsheng !
Hello, Sir!
能 帮 忙 做 一 份 问 卷 调 查 吗 ?
néng bāng máng zuò yí fèn wèn juàn diào chá ma ?
Could you help me with a questionnaire?
好 呀 。
hǎo ya 。
Okay.
不 好 意 思 ， 你 有 铅 笔 吗 ?
bù hǎo yì si，nǐ yǒu qiān bǐ ma ?
Excuse me，Do you have a pencil?
做 问 卷 调 查 要 付 钱 吗 ?
zuò wèn juàn diào chá yào fù qián ma ?
Do I need to pay for a questionnaire?
不 好 意 思 ! 我 说 的 是 铅 笔 ， 不 是 钱 币 呀！
bù hǎo yì si! wǒ shuō de shì qiān bǐ，bú shì qián bì ya！
Oh! It means a pencil, not money.
我 的 笔 芯 刚 刚 断 了 。
wǒ de bǐ xīn gāng gāng duàn le 。
My pencil has just broken.
Content
Vocabulary to know
能 [ nénɡ ] (mod)
Can, may
我 能 用 一 下 你 的 笔 吗 ?
wǒ nénɡ yònɡ yí xià nǐ de bǐ mɑ ?
Can I use your pen?
帮忙 [ bānɡ mánɡ ] (v)
To help
要 帮 忙 吗 ?
yào bāng máng ma ?
Can l help you?
份 [ fèn ] (mw)
Portion (of)
可 以 给 我 一 份 报 纸 吗 ?
ké yǐ ɡěi wǒ yí fèn bào zhǐ mɑ ?
May I have a newspaper please?
问卷调查 [ wèn juàn diào chá ] (n)
Questionnaire
能 帮 忙 做 一 份 问 卷 调 查 吗 ?
néng bāng máng zuò yí fèn wèn juàn diào chá ma ?
Could you help me with a questionnaire?
铅笔 [ qiān bǐ ] (n)
Pencil
这 是 谁 的 铅 笔 ?
zhè shì shuí de qiān bǐ?
Whose pencil is this?
要 (需要) [ yào (xū yào) ] (v)
To need