Thanks But No Thanks

About

Our title isn't meant to be cruel, but running the poverty gauntlet gets old fast, which might be why some of

the harshest comments we've heard about the homeless have come from Chinese friends and students.

Nonetheless, while we recommend ignoring the professional beggars, it's a good habit to keep some

change in your pocket and dispense with it liberally when you meet someone in real need. It's also

important to keep the pickpockets at bay, so in this podcast we teach you how.

Sentences

谢谢您,谢谢,谢谢......

xièxie nín , xièxie , xièxie ......

Thank you, thanks, thanks....

不客气。

bù kèqi 。

No thanks needed.

谢谢,谢谢,谢谢您......

xièxie , xièxie , xièxie nín ......

Thank you, thank you, thank you....

别客气。

bié kèqi 。

Don't be so polite.

谢谢您,谢谢您,谢谢......

xièxie nín , xièxie nín , xièxie ......

Thank you, thank you, thank you....

不用客气。

bù yòng kèqi 。

Cut it out.

谢谢,谢谢......

xièxie , xièxie ......

Thank you, thank you....

放手!放手!

fàngshǒu ! fàngshǒu !

Let go! Let go!

Vocabulary

谢谢

xièxie

thanks

phrase

您

nín

you

pronoun

谢谢您

xièxie nín

thank you

phrase

不

bù

no, not

adverb

别

bié

do not

adverb

不用

bù yòng

need not co-verb 客气 kèqi polite

adjective

放手

fàngshǒu

let go

verb