Zuì hǎo jià.

Jiā qián tài gāo.

 or

Jiā qián tài duō.

Please let me cross.

(when cutting in front of someone)

Are you still alright?

e.g. if someone has fallen

Sure! OK!

Can; May; possible; able to

Chī le ma?

or

Chī bǎo le ma?

Chī le.

or

Chī bǎo le.

Nǐ hǎo ma? / Nín hǎo ma?

 Nǐ zěnmeyàng?    

(to an elderly person)

Are you well?

Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi? 

or

Nǐ de míngzi shì shénme?

Wǒ jiào _______

or

Wǒ shì _______

or

Wǒ de míngzi shì _______

 Wǒ zěnme chēnghū nín.

How may I address you.

(very respectful)

Where are you from?

(not nationality--just where you're from)

Wǒ cóng Měiguó lái.

or

Wǒ láizi Měiguó.    

Wǒ zhù zài Nán Dàkētà.

Wǒ huì shuō yī diǎn diǎn.

  Wǒ zài xuéxí.

How many days do you (singular)

work each week?

Dāngrán! Nǐ shì bù shì

dì yī cì lái Zhōngguó?

Duìbùqǐ, wǒ tīng bù qīngchǔ.

or

 Wǒ méi yǒu tīng qīngchǔ. 

Duìbùqǐ, nǐ shuō de

tài kuài le.

Kěyǐ, nǐ xǐhuān Zhōngguó ma?

Xǐhuān, tè bié shì wén huà

hé Zhōngguó cài.

Bù dǒng.  Bù míngbǎi. 

Nǐ kěyǐ jǔ ge lìzǐ ma?

Don't know.  Don't understand.

Can you give an example?

Bù hǎo yìsì,

wǒ zhǎo cuò qián gěi nǐ le.

I find it embarrassing;

I gave you the wrong change.

Méi guānxì.

or

Méi wèntí.

See you again.

(for short-term, routine separations)

Wǒ lái gàobié,

míngtiān wǒ yào qù Měiguó le.

I have come to say goodbye (for a longer separation e.g. a month or a year);

tomorrow I have to go to America.

(It is already arranged.)

Zhè shì yǒngbié le. 

Wǒ yào bān jiā dào Jiā/nádà.

Yǐ hòu bù dào Zhōngguó le.

This is goodbye (as in "we may not see each other again");

I am going to move to Canada.

In the future I will not come to China.

(I will not come to China again.)

Careful on the road!

(said when someone is leaving

for school or work--a regular thing)

All the way safety.

(said when someone is leaving on a long trip)

Qǐng ràng wǒ jièshào yī xià, 

zhè wèi shì Zhōu dǒng shì zhǎng.

Please let me present (or introduce)

quickly (in a short time),

this is Chairman (or president--of a company) Zhōu. 

Hello (respectful.)

I am ______,______.

Hěn xìngfú de rènshì nín.

or

Hěn róngxìng de rènshì nín.

I am happy (or blessed) to be acquainted with

 (or know) you (respectful.)

I am honored to be acquainted with

 (or know) you.

Qǐng ràng wǒ jièshào yī xià,

zhè shì wǒ de tài tai.

(xiānshēng / fùqīn / mǔqīn / péngyǒu / tóngxué)

Please may I quickly introduce,

this is my wife.

(or husband/father/mother/friend/classmate)

Ah, Chén tài tai nǐ hǎo.

Please (pleading, desperate) help,

help me solve a problem.

Thank-you, you helped me (with what I had to do--literally busy)

(This usually expressed on the spot.)

Wǒ yào gēn nǐ dào xiè,

nǐ bāng le wǒ yī ge máng.

I want to follow up with my thanks; you helped me with what I had to do.

(word literally means busy)

(expressed later)

(reply to thanks)

Too polite.

(reply to thanks)

No need to thank.

(reply to thanks)

It's nothing.

(reply to thanks)

It's nothing much.

Wǒ hěn xìngfú rènshì nǐ,

zhè shì wǒ de míngpiàn

I am very happy to know you;

this is my business card.

Nǐ yǒu míngpiàn ma?

Yǒu, zhè shì wǒ de míngpiàn.

Tomorrow evening I don't have anything.

Why (did you ask)?

I would like to invite you for (or treat you to)

a meal, OK? 

Bù gǎn.

Do you or do you not want to drink a

little something?

Qǐng gěi wǒ yī bēi shuǐ.

(or yī píng shuǐ) 

Please, give me a cup of water.

(or a bottle of water)

Yào rè de.

Lῢ chá.

Fúwùyuán, lái liǎng píng píjiǔ hé

yī bēi wēishìjì jiā bīngkuài.

Waiter (or waitress or server), bring two

bottles of beer and a glass of whisky with ice added.