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Xiao Ka's Firefly Pinyinary

I am a browncoat

• 我是褐上衣人  

  wo3 shi4 he4 shang4 yi1 ren2

  oo'oh shr heh shang ee ren

Serenity

• 寧靜  

  ning2 jing4

  ning jing

The Signal

• 電波 (electric wave)  

  dian4 bo1

  dee'en boh

You can't stop the Signal

• 你不能把電波減掉了 (you cannot cut the signal)  

  ni3 bu4 neng6 ba3 dian4 bo1 jian3 diao4 le

  nee boo nung ba dee'en boh jee'en dee'ao luh

Live life with Blue Sun

• 靠藍日過日子 (depend on blue sun to live/pass the days)  

  kao1 lan2 ri4 guo4 ri4 zi

  kao lan r guo r dz

• 跟藍日過日子 (live/pass the days with blue sun)  

  gen1 lan2 ri4 guo4 ri4 zi

  gen lan r guo r dz

You're listening to the Signal

• 你在聽著電波  

  ni3 zai4 ting1 zhe3 dian4 bo1

  nee dzai ting jeh dee'en boh

Congratulations

• 恭喜 (usually said twice)  

  gong1 xi3

  goh'ng shee

You look nice

• 好帥 (so handsome)  

  hao3 shuai4

  hao shoo'ai

• 真漂亮 (so pretty)  

  zhen1 piao4 liang4

  jen pee'ao liang

Please

• 求求你啊 (as in "please, I'm begging you")  

  qiu2 qiu2 ni3 a (the 'a' is just the sound at the end to make it sound better ... can put lo, a, lei ... whatever you feel like kinda depending on your tone of voice)

  cheeou cheeou nee ah

• 拜托 (as in "pu-leeaase" or "come-ON, you gotta be kidding me" but also as in requesting someone to do something)  

  bai4 tuo1

  bai too'oh

• 請 + verb (as in please sit down, please come in, please etc. ... invitational please  

  qing3

  ching

• 請你 ... (can/will you please ... )  

  qing3 ni3

  ching nee

Thank you

• 謝謝 (thanks)  

  xie4 xie4

  shee'eh shee'eh

• 多謝 (lots of thanks)  

  duo1 xie4

  doo'oh shee'eh

Excuse me

• 對不起 (sorry)  

  dui4 bu4 qi3

  doo'ei boo chee

• 借過 (excuse me ... as in please let me past/get through)  

  jie4 guo4

  gee'eh goo'oh

• 請問 (excuse me ... as in may I ask a question)  

  qing3 wen4

  ching oo'en

• 不好意思 (sorry ... as in 'I'm embarrassed' I cannot do something, I need something etc. etc)  

  bu4 hao3 yi4 si1

  boo ha'oo ee suh

May I?

• (我)可以 ... 嗎  

  ke3 yi3

  keh ee

Long time no see

• 好久不見  

  hao3 jiu3 bu4 jian4

  ha'oo gee'ou boo gee'en

How are you?

• 你還好嗎 (this means "are you ok" or "are you so-so" literally ... used more when someone looks like they might not be doing so well or you know they've been having a rough time etc  

  ni3 hai2 hao3 ma

  nee hai hao ma

Let's go

• 走吧/了   or

  zou3 ba or zou3 le

  dzou ba or dzou luh

I'm leaving

• 我(先)走了 (if you add the 2nd character it's literal meaning is I'm leaving first ... but it's common to say it as a more polite yet casual way)  

  wo3 (xian1) zou3 le

  woh (shee'en) dzou luh

Eat!

• 吃啊/吧 (more of a nudge, depending on the situation can be rude)   or

  chi1 a/ba

  chr ah/bah

• 慢慢吃 (means eat slowly ... but common to say to start the meal off)  

  man4 man4 chi1

  mah'n mah'n chr

Really?

• 真的嗎/啊 (ma and a can both be used ... ma makes it more of a question, while a makes it more of a statement)   or

  zhen1 de ma/a

  jen duh mah/ah

How come / why?

• 為甚麼?  

  Wei4 shen me

  Oo'ei shemmeh

Who is it?

• 是誰  

  shi4 shei2

  shr shei

Whose is it?

• 是誰的  

  shi4 shei2 de

  shr shei duh

Well, in that case

• 那, (subj + 就 + verb + 啊)  

  na4, (subj + jiu4 + verb + a)

  nah, (subj + gee'ou + verb + ah)

No problem

• 沒關係 (it's ok, no problem)  

  mei2 guan1 xi4

  mei guan shee

• 沒問題 (no problem)  

  mei2 wen4 ti2

  mei oo'en tee

Hello

• 你好  

  ni3 hao3

  nee hao

Good bye

• 再見  

  zai4 jian4

  dzai gee'en

See you (time, e.g. tomorrow)

• (明天)見  

  (ming2 tian1) jian4

  (ming tee'en) gee'en

Shiny

• 爽 (slang for sweet ... actually means feels good amongst other things)  

  shuang3

  shoo'ang

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