10 Popular Chinese Phrases Used in TV Dramas

哈囉，大家好！I’m Grace.

In today’s video,

I’ll introduce 10 commonly used Chinese phrases

in TV dramas

These phrases are very colloquial

You can also use them

in your daily conversation

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The first one is

If your friend seems to be upset or angry,

you can ask them “怎麼了？”,

so it’s kind of a way to show

that you care about the person

and also to know what happened

"怎麼了？” can also be used as a response

when someone grabs your attention

and wants to talk to you

You might also hear people say

It sounds more casual

Sometimes, you might hear people say

both can be used to ask “What happened?”,

but 怎麼回事 expresses

a stronger feeling of concern

It’s more serious

and people use this to ask for an explanation of

what happened or how things happened

The next one is

This can be used with the first one

When you see your friend

and they seem to be unhappy

or don’t feel well,

you can ask them

The fourth one is

對了 has two different meanings

It can mean “Right! / Correct!”

But in TV dramas

and in daily conversations,

usually it doesn’t mean this

In daily conversation,

we often use this phrase to

bring up something we suddenly think of,

so it’s kind of like “by the way” in English

So 對了 can be used as a starter

when you want to talk about a particular subject

that might not be directly related to

the previous conversation

對了 can also be used to

give further information:

The next one is

我 is “I”,

跟你 is “to you, with you”, and

說 is “to say”

It can be translated into

“let me tell you something”.

In daily conversation,

we often use this phrase

when we want others to pay attention to

what we’re going to say

If you’re talking to more than one person,

and you want all of them to pay attention to

what you’re going to say,

then you can change the “你” into “你們”

and say “我跟你們說”

Here are some alternatives that you can use

Other than saying “我跟你說”,

you can also say “我跟你講”

or “我告訴你”

And for 我跟你們說,

you can use 我跟你們講

or 我告訴你們

to replace it

But remember that these phrases

are kind of casual and informal,

so it’s a bit impolite to use them to

talk to people who are older than you

But you can use them

when you talk to your friends

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Alright, let’s move on to the next one

真的嗎 means “Really?”,

you might also hear people say

“真的假的？”

or “真假？”

They all mean the same thing

You can use these phrases

when you want a confirmation for

what you just heard

or you can use them to simply show

that you’re surprised about what you heard

If someone says something

that makes you feel surprised and unbelievable,

in this case, 真的嗎 might not be enough for

expressing how surprised you are,

then you can use this phrase:

Let’s move on to the next one

When we have no idea

what to do with a situation

or don’t know how to deal with a problem,

people often ask “怎麼辦？”

and hope that someone can give some advice

The next one is

You can also say “等等”

Finally, the last one for today is

想得美 is used to tell someone

that the thing they want to happen

is definitely not going to happen

Alright, that’s it for today!

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