喂？喂？你是谁？
wéi ？ wéi ？ nǐ shì shéi ？
Hello? Hello? Who are you?
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wéi ？ wéi ？ nǐ shì shéi ？
Hello? Hello? Who are you?
shéi a ？ nǐ zài gēn shéi shuōhuà ne ？
Who? Who are you talking to?
diànhuà lǐ wāwā de ， tīng bu qīngchu 。 wéi ， nǐ tīngting 。
It's a wa-wa sound. I can't hear it clearly. Hello, you listen.
wéi ？ wéi ？ shuōhuà 。
Hello? Hello? Say something.
tīngbùqīng ba ？
Can't make it out?
ng 。
Yeah.
guà le ba 。
Hang up.
:
谁 shéi who pronoun
说话 shuōhuà to talk verb
电话 diànhuà telephone noun
qīngchu
not to hear
phrase
看不清楚 kàn bù
not to see
clearly
听不懂 tīngbùdǒng not to understand audiophrase
看不懂 kànbùdǒng not to understand textphrase