Chinese example sentences

我能借你的车吗？

Wǒ néng jiè nǐ de chē ma?

Can I borrow your car?

我能借用你的剪刀吗？

Wǒ néng jièyòng nǐ de jiǎndāo ma?

Can I borrow your scissors?

我能借这本书吗？

Wǒ néng jiè zhè běn shū ma?

May I borrow this book?

我能关电视吗？

Wǒ néng guān diànshì ma?

Can I turn off the TV?

我能协助你。

Wǒ néng xiézhù nǐ.

I'll be able to assist you.

我能发誓这箱子里有东西。

Wǒ néng fāshì zhè xiāngzi lǐ yǒu dōngxi.

I could swear there's something inside this box.

我能吃这只橙子吗？

Wǒ néng chī zhè zhī chéngzi ma?

Can I eat this orange?

我能听出来是他们的声音。

Wǒ néng tīng chūlái shì tāmen de shēngyīn.

I can tell it's their voices.

我能听懂一点儿。

Wǒ néng tīngdǒng yìdiǎnr.

I can understand a bit [of it].

我能听见鸟在窗外歌唱。

Wǒ néng tīngjiàn niǎo zài chuāng wài gēchàng.

I could hear birds singing outside my window.

我能和老师说话吗？

Wǒ néng hé lǎoshī shuōhuà ma?

Can I speak with the teacher?

我能回答他的问题。

Wǒ néng huídá tā de wèntí.

I could answer his question.

我能回答您的问题。

Wǒ néng huídá nín de wèntí.

I can answer your question.

我能回答所有的问题。

Wǒ néng huídá suǒyǒu de wèntí.

I could answer all the questions.

我能回答这个问题。

Wǒ néng huídá zhège wèntí.

I was able to answer the question.

我能在哪里洗澡？

Wǒ néng zài nǎlǐ xǐzǎo?

Where can I take a bath?

我能在机场领取机票吗？

Wǒ néng zài jīchǎng lǐngqǔ jīpiào ma?

Can I pick my ticket up at the airport?

我能在这里吃午饭吗？

Wǒ néng zài zhèlǐ chī wǔfàn ma?

Can I eat my lunch here?

我能在这里拍照吗？

Wǒ néng zài zhèlǐ pāizhào ma?

Can I take pictures here?

我能在这里睡觉吗？

Wǒ néng zài zhèlǐ shuìjiào ma?

Can I sleep here?

我能在这附近打车吗？

Wǒ néng zài zhè fùjìn dǎchē ma?

Can I catch a taxi near here?

我能坐这里吗？

Wǒ néng zuò zhèlǐ ma?

Can I sit here?

我能尝点你的面包吗？

Wǒ néng cháng diǎn nǐ de miànbāo ma?

Can I try your bread?

我能帮上忙吗？

Wǒ néng bāng shàng máng ma?

Can I do anything to help?

我能帮你什么忙吗？

Wǒ néng bāng nǐ shénme máng ma?

Can I be of any service to you?

我能帮你们什么么？

Wǒ néng bāng nǐmen shénme me?

Can I help you at all?

我能帮你吗？

Wǒ néng bāng nǐ ma?

Can I help you?

我能帮忙吗？

Wǒ néng bāngmáng ma?

Can I help?

我能找到他的地址。

Wǒ néng zhǎodào tā de dìzhǐ.

I was able to find out his address.

我能找到的都在那。

Wǒ néng zhǎodào de dōu zài nà.

That's all I could find.

我能把我的车停在这儿吗？

Wǒ néng bǎ wǒ de chē tíng zài zhèr ma?

Could I park my car here?

我能把电视音量关小一点吗？

Wǒ néng bǎ diànshì yīnliàng guān xiǎo yìdiǎn ma?

May I turn down the TV?

我能把自行车停哪儿呀？

Wǒ néng bǎ zìxíngchē tíng nǎr ya?

Where can I put the bike?

我能把车停哪儿呢？

Wǒ néng bǎ chē tíng nǎr ne?

Where can I park?

我能把这个东西带到飞机上吗？

Wǒ néng bǎ zhège dōngxi dài dào fēijī shàng ma?

Can I carry this on the plane?

我能教你怎样游泳。

Wǒ néng jiāo nǐ zěnyàng yóuyǒng.

I can teach you how to swim.

我能旁听这节历史课吗？

Wǒ néng pángtīng zhè jié lìshǐ kè ma?

Can I audit this history class?

我能理解你。

Wǒ néng lǐjiě nǐ.

I can understand you.

我能用一下你们的厕所吗？

Wǒ néng yòng yíxià nǐmen de cèsuǒ ma?

May I use your toilet?

我能用一下你的字典吗？

Wǒ néng yòng yíxià nǐ de zìdiǎn ma?

Can I use your dictionary for a minute?

我能用一下你的铅笔吗？

Wǒ néng yòng yíxià nǐ de qiānbǐ ma?

Can I borrow your pencil for a bit?

我能用你的电话吗？

Wǒ néng yòng nǐ de diànhuà ma?

May I use your phone?

我能用信用卡支付吗？

Wǒ néng yòng xìnyòngkǎ zhīfù ma?

May I pay with a credit card?

我能用法语加一句句子吗？

Wǒ néng yòng Fǎyǔ jiā yíjù jùzi ma?

Can I enter a sentence in French?

我能用英文表达我的意思。

Wǒ néng yòng Yīngwén biǎodá wǒ de yìsi.

I could make myself understood in English.

我能用这本字典吗？

Wǒ néng yòng zhè běn zìdiǎn ma?

Can I use this dictionary?

我能看一下您的票吗？

Wǒ néng kàn yíxià nín de piào ma?

May I have a look at your ticket?

我能看一眼那本杂志吗？

Wǒ néng kàn yìyǎn nà běn zázhì ma?

Can I have a look at the magazine?

我能看到光线。

Wǒ néng kàndào guāngxiàn.

I can see the light.

我能看德语，但是不能说。

Wǒ néng kàn Déyǔ, dànshì bùnéng shuō.

I can read German, but I can't speak it.

我能看懂德语，但不会说。

Wǒ néng kàn dǒng Déyǔ, dàn búhuì shuō.

I can read German, but I can't speak it.

我能看看这个吗？

Wǒ néng kànkan zhège ma?

Can I see this one?

我能看看那个吗？

Wǒ néng kànkan nàge ma?

Can I see that?

我能看那个吗？

Wǒ néng kàn nàge ma?

Can I see that one?

我能确定地说他恨我。

Wǒ néng quèdeng de shuō tā hèn wǒ.

I can say with certainty that he hates me.

我能私下见你吗？

Wǒ néng sīxià jiàn nǐ ma?

Could I see you in private?

我能等奇迹发生，是不是？

Wǒ néng děng qíjì fāshēng, shìbúshì?

I can hope for a miracle, can't I?

我能给她打电话。

Wǒ néng gěi tā dǎdiànhuà.

I can call her.

我能试一下吗？

Wǒ néng shì yíxià ma?

May I try it on?

我能试一下这个吗？

Wǒ néng shì yíxià zhège ma?

Could I try this on?

我能说什么？

Wǒ néng shuō shénme?

What can I say?

我能请你吃饭吗？

Wǒ néng qǐng nǐ chīfàn ma?

Can I have a meal with you?

我能跟任何人工作。

Wǒ néng gēn rènhé rén gōngzuò.

I can work with anyone.

我能跟我最好的朋友说任何事。

Wǒ néng gēn wǒ zuìhǎo de péngyou shuō rènhé shì.

I can talk about anything with my best friend.

我能问一下您的姓名和住址吗？

Wǒ néng wèn yíxià nín de xìngmíng hé zhùzhǐ ma?

Might I ask your name and address?

我能问一些问题吗？

Wǒ néng wèn yìxiē wèntí ma?

May I ask a few questions?

我能问个问题吗？

Wǒ néng wèn gè wèntí ma?

May I ask a question?

我能问你们一些问题吗？

Wǒ néng wèn nǐmen yìxiē wèntí ma?

Can I ask you some questions?

我能问您一个问题吗？

Wǒ néng wèn nín yí gè wèntí ma?

Can I ask you a question?

我腰疼，不能打网球。

Wǒ yāo téng, bùnéng dǎ wǎngqiú.

My back hurts; I can't play tennis.

我腹部疼，要去医院。

Wǒ fùbù téng, yào qù yīyuàn.

My stomach hurts, I need to go to hospital.

我腾个抽屉给你放衣服。

Wǒ téng gè chōuti gěi nǐ fàng yīfu.

I'll clear out a drawer for you to put your clothes in.

我腿受伤了，出门很不便。

Wǒ tuǐ shòushāngle, chūmén hěn búbiàn.

I've hurt my leg, so it's very inconvenient to go out.

我自己做了决定。

Wǒ zìjǐ zuòle juédìng.

I made the decision by myself.

我自己做的。

Wǒ zìjǐ zuò de.

I made it myself.

我自己写了它。

Wǒ zìjǐ xiěle tā.

I wrote it myself.

我自己能够证实那是真的。

Wǒ zìjǐ nénggòu zhèngshí nà shì zhēnde.

I can verify that that's the truth myself.

我自己走进了树林里。

Wǒ zìjǐ zǒujìnle shùlín lǐ.

I walked in the woods by myself.

我自愿加入中国共产党。

Wǒ zìyuàn jiārù Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng.

I willingly join the Chinese Communist Party.

我至少有十本书。

Wǒ zhìshǎo yǒu shí běn shū.

I have at least ten books.

我至此只见过他一次。

Wǒ zhìcǐ zhǐjiànguo tā yícì.

I've met him only once so far.

我舅舅三十岁才转行当老师。

Wǒ jiùjiu sānshí suì cái zhuǎnháng dāng lǎoshī.

My uncle didn't change careers to become a teacher until he was thirty.

我舅舅在一家合资公司上班。

Wǒ jiùjiu zài yìjiā hézī gōngsī shàngbān.

My uncle works at a joint-venture company.

我舅舅在一家银行任职。

Wǒ jiùjiu zài yìjiā yínháng rènzhí.

My uncle holds a post at a bank.

我舅舅在东北种了几百亩大豆。

Wǒ jiùjiu zài Dōngběi zhǒng le jǐ bǎimǔ dàdòu.

My uncle grows several hundred mu of soybeans in the northeast.

我舅舅在公安部门工作。

Wǒ jiùjiu zài gōng'ān bùmén gōngzuò.

My uncle works in the public security department.

我舅舅在医院的外科工作。

Wǒ jiùjiu zài yīyuàn de wàikē gōngzuò.

My uncle works in the surgery department of the hospital.

我舅舅在山边开了一个养殖场。

Wǒ jiùjiu zài shān biān kāile yí gè yǎngzhíchǎng.

My uncle opened a breeding farm at the foot of the mountain.

我舅舅在市里很有门路。

Wǒ jiùjiu zài shìlǐ hěn yǒu ménlù.

My uncle has a lot of connections in the city.

我舅舅在政府机关工作了二十年。

Wǒ jiùjiu zài zhèngfǔ jīguān gōngzuòle èrshí nián.

My uncle has worked in a government agency for twenty years.

我舅舅在湖边养殖鱼和虾。

Wǒ jiùjiu zài húbiān yǎngzhí yú hé xiā.

My uncle raises fish and shrimp by the lake.

我舅舅在珠三角做了十年生意。

Wǒ jiùjiu zài Zhūsānjiǎo zuòle shínián shēngyi.

My uncle has done business in the Pearl River Delta for ten years.

我舅舅在科学院研究天气变化。

Wǒ jiùjiu zài kēxuéyuàn yánjiū tiānqì biànhuà.

My uncle studies weather changes at the Academy of Sciences.

我舅舅打算开办一家小饭馆。

Wǒ jiùjiu dǎsuàn kāibàn yìjiā xiǎofànguǎn.

My uncle plans to start a small restaurant.

我舅舅明年要去南美洲旅行。

Wǒ jiùjiu míngnián yào qù Nánměizhōu lǚxíng.

My uncle is going to travel to South America next year.

我舅舅是做房地产的。

Wǒ jiùjiu shì zuò fángdìchǎn de.

My uncle works in real estate.

我舅舅是水果批发商。

Wǒ jiùjiu shì shuǐguǒ pīfāshāng.

My uncle is a fruit wholesaler.

我舅舅给我买的这本书。

Wǒ jiùjiu gěi wǒ mǎi de zhè běn shū.

My uncle bought me this book.

我舅舅让我担任翻译。

Wǒ jiùjiu ràng wǒ dānrèn fānyì.

My uncle made me serve as interpreter.

我舍不得离开这座城市。

Wǒ shěbùde líkāi zhè zuò chéngshì.

I hate to leave this city.