{"id":12122,"date":"2019-11-19T10:45:55","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T10:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-words-phrases\/funny-chinese-expression-bu-hao-yi-si\/"},"modified":"2019-11-19T10:45:55","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T10:45:55","slug":"funny-chinese-expression-bu-hao-yi-si","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/funny-chinese-expression-bu-hao-yi-si\/","title":{"rendered":"Funny Chinese Expression: \u4e0d\u597d\u610f\u601d"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u4e0d\u597d\u610f\u601d bù h\u01ceo yìsi<\/p>\n

My girlfriend and I have been staying with my parents here in San Fransico since the 4th of July. My family has been very generous and hospitable to her during that time. Naturally, her respo<\/em>nse was, “\u6211\u89c9\u5f97\u4e0d\u597d\u610f\u601d(w\u01d2 juéde bù h\u01ceo yìsi).” Then she asked me how to say \u4e0d\u597d\u610f\u601d(bù h\u01ceo yìsi) in English. <\/p>\n

I usually find \u4e0d\u597d\u610f\u601d(bù h\u01ceo yìsi) pretty easy to translate, as it can often correspond to “sorry” or “excuse me” in English. When you’re a little late to a meeting, you can say \u4e0d\u597d\u610f\u601d (sorry). When you eat the last coo<\/em>kie and then somone else wants one, you can say \u4e0d\u597d\u610f\u601d (sorry). When you bump someone on the subway, you can say \u4e0d\u597d\u610f\u601d (sorry). <\/p>\n

 But in this case, my girlfriend’s usage was meant to express something like, “your kindness is too much,” or “you’re being so nice that it makes me feel too indebted.” And she wanted me to come up with one easy word or phrase to translate. When I couldn’t, and I asked for help from my sister, and she couldn’t either, my girlfriend just laughed: “you Americans never feel \u4e0d\u597d\u610f\u601d(bù h\u01ceo yìsi)!”<\/p>\n

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Actually \u610f\u601d (yìsi) has many different meandings as following I have listed. All of them have something to do with what you think. Have you noticed that the bottom parts of the two Chinese characters are \u5fc3 (x\u012bn, heart)? Attention, the second character is a light tone. Read aloud after me “\u610f\u601d yìsi” \uff0c\u4e0d\u597d\u610f\u601d (bù h\u01ceo yìsi) !<\/p>\n

>>> \u610f\u601d yìsi
1.\u3016meaning;i dea\u3017\u2236\u610f\u4e49;\u9053\u7406\u3002
  \u4f8b\u5982\uff1a\u4e0d\u8981\u8bef\u4f1a\u6211\u7684\u610f\u601d Please don’t misunderstand what I mean.
2.\u3016intention; wish; desire\u3017\u2236\u610f\u56fe;\u7528\u610f\u3002
  \u4f8b\u5982\uff1a\u6587\u7ae0\u7684\u4e2d\u5fc3\u610f\u601d the key intention of this article
3.\u3016a token of affection, appreciation, etc.\u3017\u2236\u7565\u8868\u5fc3\u610f\u3002
  \u4f8b\u5982\uff1a\u8fd9\u70b9\u4e1c\u897f\u9001\u7ed9\u60a8,\u5c0f\u610f\u601d,\u522b\u5ba2\u6c14 This is a small token for you. I hope you like it.
4.\u3016suggestion; hint; trace\u3017\u2236\u67d0\u79cd\u8d8b\u52bf\u6216\u8ff9\u8c61\u3002
  \u4f8b\u5982\uff1a\u6211\u53d1\u73b0\u5979\u5bf9\u4f60\u6709\u7684\u610f\u601d\u5462\uff01 I find she has something special feeling to you.
5. \u3016interest; fun\u3017\u2236\u60c5\u8da3;\u8da3\u5473\u3002
  \u4f8b\u5982\uff1a\u6253\u4e52\u4e53\u7403\u5f88\u6709\u610f\u601d It is very interesting to play table tennis. <\/p>\n

6. \u4e0d\u597d\u610f\u601d (bù h\u01ceo yìsi): excuse me; sorry; embarressed
  \u4f8b\u5982\uff1a\u4e0d\u597d\u610f\u601d\uff0c\u6211\u7684\u4e2d\u6587\u8bf4\u5f97\u4e0d\u597d\u3002 I am sorry, my Chinese is very bad.<\/p>\n

________<\/p>\n

When you meet Chinese friends, you can say like this to express how your Chinese is going.<\/p>\n

W\u01d2 zh\u014dngwén shu\u014d de bù h\u01ceo,<\/p>\n

 \u6211   \u4e2d    \u6587       \u8bf4     \u5f97   \u4e0d \u597d\uff0c<\/p>\n

H\u011bn bù h\u01ceo  yìsi.<\/p>\n

\u5f88    \u4e0d   \u597d   \u610f\u601d\u3002<\/p>\n

Dànshì,  xué zh\u014dngwén  h\u011bn y\u01d2u  yìshí.<\/p>\n

\u4f46  \u662f\uff0c   \u5b66       \u4e2d  \u6587         \u5f88     \u6709     \u610f\u601d\u3002<\/p>\n

>> I am sorry my Chinese is not good.<\/p>\n

>> But, it is interesting to learn Chinese!
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