Conversation connectors Flashcards
I will see to it that …
我会确保…
wǑ huì quèbǎo . . .
About … I’d like to say …
关于…我想说的是…
guānyú . . . wǑ xiǎng shuō deshì . . .
I don’t claim that …
我不是说…
wǑ búshì shuō . . .
What worries me is that …
让我担心的是…
ràng wǑ dānxīn de shì . . .
I am trying to say …
我想说的是…
wǑ xiǎng shuō de shì . . .
Anyway…
总之…
zǑngzhī…
In other words …
换句话说…
huànjùhuàshuō . . .
The way I see it/As far as I’m concerned….
在我看来…
zàiwǑkànlái . . .
My point of view is that …
我的看法是…
wǑ de kànfǎ shì . . .
I remember that …
我想起来…
wǑ xiǎngqǐlái . . .
It is up to you whether …
看你是…还是…
kàn nǐ shì . . . háishì . . .
I understand your point but
我明白你说的，但是…
wǑ míngbái nǐ shuō de ， dànshì . . .
I am of the same opinion
我和你看法一样
wǑ hé nǐ kànfǎ yīyàng
Time will tell whether …
时间会证明是…还是…
shíjiān huì zhèngmíng shì . . . háishì . . .
My other half thinks that …
我的另一半认为…
wǑ de lìngyíbàn rènwéi . . .
That is a matter of opinion
每个人看法不同
měi gè rén kànfǎ bù tóng
I (mistakeny) thought
我以为…wǑ yǐwéi . . .
I’d like to say a couple of words about this …
关于…我想说几句
guānyú . . . wǑ xiǎng shuō jǐjù
Today we shall look at …
今天我们一起来看一下…
jīntiān wǑmen yìqǐ lái kàn yíxià . . .
I recall that …
我记得…
wǑ jìdé . . .
I assumed mistakenly, that …
我误以为…
wǑ wùyǐwéi . . .
Provided that …
只要
zhǐyào . . .
I blame myself that …
我怪我自己…
wǑ guài wǑ zì jǐ…
Strange as it may seem …
说来奇怪…
shuōláiqíguài . . .
The main thing is that …
最主要的是…
zuì zhǔyào de shì . . .
It’s a good thing that …
好在…
hǎozài . . .
As far as I am concerned …
对我来说….
duì wǑ lái shuō . . . .
If you ask me …
你要是问我的话…
nǐ yàoshì wèn wǑ dehuà . . .
It just so happened that …
正好…/于是…
zhènghǎo . . . / yúshì . . .
By the way …
对了…
duìle . . .
That’s one way to say it
可以这么说
kéyǐ zhème shuō
There is a danger that …
……是有风险的。. . .
shì yǑu fēngxiǎn de
It is necessary …
……是有必要的
shì yǑu bìyào de . . .
There is still a chance that…
…还是有机会的. . .
háishì yǑu jīhuì de
I really don’t like to say this, but ..
我并不想这么说，但是…
wǑ bìng bù xiǎng zhème shuō ，
dànshì . . .
Well then …
那…
nà . . .
The reason we are here is …
我们在这是因为…
wǑmen zài zhè shì yīnwéi . . .
I believe that …
我相信…
wǑ xiāngxìn . . .
I want to believe that …
我很想相信…
wǑ hěn xiǎng xiāngxìn . . .
That’s hard to say, but …
这不好说，但是…
zhè bù hǎo shuō ， dànshì . . .
She said something like …
她是这么说的…
tā shì zhème shuō de . . .
And one more thing …
还有…
háiyǑu . . .
It is clear that …
很明显…
hěn míngxiǎn . . .
We are here to talk about …
我们在这要讨论一下…
wǑmen zài zhè yào tǎolùn yíxià . . .
Time is limited, so I’d better make a start
我们时间有限，我最好马上开始
wǑmen shíjiān yǑuxiàn, wǑ zuìhǎo mǎshàng kāishi
As far as I remember …
我能记得的是…
wǑ néng jìdé de shì . . .
I decided that …
我决定…
wǑ juédìng . . .
The question is …
问题是…
wèntí shì . . .
And what’s more …
另外…
lìngwài . . .
And more specifically …
具体地说…jùtǐ de shuō . . .
Allow me to recap for a moment
让我们回顾一下ràng wǑmen huígù yíxià
To be more specific …
具体来说…jùtǐ láishuō . . .
It is worth mentioning that …
值得一提的是…zhídeyìtí de shì . . .
That is such a good question
这问题问得好zhè wèntí wèndehǎo
Today’s topic is …
今天的话题是…jīntiān de huàtí shì . . .
That isn’t such a big problem
这不是个大问题zhè bú shì gè dà wèntí
Now that I think of it …
现在回想起来…xiànzài huíxiǎngqǐlái . . .
It is rumoured that …
有小道消息说…yǑu xiǎodào xiāoxī shuō . . .
I find/have found that …
我发现…wǑ fāxiàn . . .
I don’t recall exactly .
具体…我不记得了jùtǐ… wǑ bújìdé le . . .
Let me digress for a moment …
我插个题外话wǑ chā ge tíwàihuà
There is the problem of…..
还有…的问题háiyǑu . . . de wèntí
I am against it …
我反对wǑ fǎnduì
I am afraid that time is against us
恐怕我们时间不够了kǑngpà wǑmen shíjiān bú gòu le
I hate …
我讨厌…wǑ tǎoyàn . . .
I am afraid that …
恐怕…kǑngpà . . .
Contrary to my expectations …
和我预想中的相反…hé wǑ yùxiǎng zhōng de xiāngfǎn . . .
Recently, I heard that …
最近我听说…zuìjìn wǑ tīngshuō . . .
From what I have heard …
我听说的是…wǑ tīngshuō de shì . . .
And from then on …
后来…hòulái . . .
It turns out…
原来…yuánlái . . .
In the end…
最后…zuìhòu . . .
Once upon a time, long ago …
很久很久以前…hěnjiǔhěnjiǔ yǐqián . . .
Now it occurs to me that …
我刚好想起来…wǑ gānghǎo xiǎngqǐlái . . .
To put it simply …
简单来说…jiǎndānláishuō . . .
It is necessary to mention that …
有必要提到…yǑubìyào tídào . . .
Today I will be talking about …
今天我要讲的是…jīntiān wǑ yào jiǎng de shì . . .
If that is true …
如果这是真的…rúguǑ zhè shì zhēnde. . .
I said it that way by mistake
是我说错话了shì wǑ shuōcuò huà le
Contrary to what most people think …
和大多数人的想法相反…hé dàduōshù rén de xiǎngfǎ xiāngfǎn . .
It won’t do any harm if …
如果…并没什么坏处rúguǑ . . . bìng méishénme huàichǔ
If it were me …
如果是我的话…rúguǑ shì wǑ dehuà . . .
I am really sick of it
我真的受够了wǑ zhēnde shòugòu le
Unless I’m remembering incorrectly …
要是我没记错的话…yàoshì wǑ méi jì cuò dehuà . . .
I may be wrong, but …
我也许是错的，但是…wǑ yěxǔ shì cuò de ， dànshì . . .
I gave the wrong answer
我回答错了wǑ huídá cuò le
I genuinely do think that …
我真心觉得…wǑ zhēnxīn juéde . . .
That is all there is to say.
该说的都说完了gāi shuō de dōu shuō wán le
The crux of the matter is …
这个问题的核心是…zhè gè wèntí de héxīn shì . . .
Now and then it seems to me that …
时不时我会觉得…shíbushí wǑ huì juéde . . .
I should mention that …
我应该提一下…wǑ yīnggāi tí yíxià . . .
Now that you mention it, I really do think that …
你这么一说，我还真觉得…nǐ zhème yìshuō, wǑ hái zhēn zhème juéde . . .
Would you say that …
你觉得…吗？nǐ juéde . . . ma ？
Wouldn’t you say that …
你不觉得…吗？nǐ bùjuédé . . . ma ？
I would say that …
我觉得…wǑ juéde . . .
I suppose that …
我想应该是…wǑ xiǎng yīnggāi shì . . .
I still think that …
我还是觉得…wǑ háishì juéde . . .
My wife pointed out that …
我老婆提到…wǑ lǎopó tídào . . .
I can’t help feeling that …
我忍不住觉得…wǑ rěnbúzhù juéde . . .
It seems very unlikely that …
…可能性不大. . . kěnéngxìng bú dà
I think that it isn’t very probable …
我觉得…的可能性不大wǑ juéde . . . de kěnéngxìng bú dà
It makes sense that …
…是有道理的. . . shì yǑudàolǐ de
The most important thing is that …
最重要的是…zuì zhòngyào de shì . . .
The snag with that is that …
麻烦的是…máfán de shì . . .
That is an important point
这是很重要的一点zhè shì hěn zhòngyào de yì diǎn
The reason why I am here is …
我在这里的原因是…wǑ zài zhèlǐ de yuányīn shì . . .
How did it turn out?
后来怎样了？hòulái zěnyàng le?
What is going on?
怎么了？zěnme le?
Exactly / Exactly right
完全正确wánquánzhèngquè
Certainly/Sure, why not?
当然了/ 好呀dāngrán le/ hǎo ya
Don’t be upset, but …
先别生气，但是…xiān bié shēngqì ， dànshì . . .
Words fail me when …
当…时我很无语dāng . . . shí wǑ hěn wúyǔ
I am absolutely convinced that …
我很确信…wǑ hěn quèxìn . . .
Absolutely correct
…完全正确. . . wánquán zhèngquè
The fact of the matter is that …
这件事的事实是…zhèjiànshì de shìshí shì . . .
I can safely say that …
我能非常确定地说…wǑ néng fēicháng quèdìng de shuō . . .
It’s not right that …
…是不正确的. . . shì bú zhèngquè de
I don’t understand at all why …
我完全不理解为什么…wǑ wánquán bù lǐjiě wèishénme…
It is hardly surprising that …
…其实并不奇怪. . . qíshí bìngbùqíguài
I am totally certain that …
我完全确定…wǑ wánquán quèdìng . . .
I am not totally convinced that …
我并不完全确定…wǑ bìngbù wánquán quèdìng . . .
That sounds like …
听起来像是…tīngqǐlái xiàngshì . . .
It happened like this …
事情是这样的，shìqing shì zhèyàng de . . .
I was scared stiff when …
当…时我吓坏了dāng . . . shí wǑ xiàhuài le
Frankly speaking …
说实在的…shuōshízài de. . .
Well, as a matter of fact …
那么，事实上…nàme， shíjì shàng . . .
Actually …
其实…qíshí …
I would like to tell you that …
我想告诉你的是…wǑ xiǎng gàosù nǐ de shì . . .
I must first say that …
首先我要说的是…shǑuxiān wǑ yào shuō de shì . . .
I would like to make one thing clear from the start
首先我要说明（澄清）的一件事是.shǑuxiān wǑ yào shuōmíng (chéng qīng) de yíjiànshì shì . . .
I think that I should say right from the start that …
首先我想要说的是…shǑuxiān wǑ xiǎngyào shuō de shì . . .
Can you tell me please …
你能告诉我…吗？nǐ néng gàosù wǑ . . . ma ？
Could I request your views on the matter?
关于这件事我能听听你的看法吗？guānyú zhè jiàn shì wǑ néng tīngtīng nǐ de kànfǎ ma?
To tell you the truth …
说实话…shuō shíhuà . . .
I am not certain whether … or …
我不确定是…还是…wǑ bú quèdìng shì . . . háishì . . .
I’m no expert, but…
虽然我不是专家，但是…suīrán wǑ bú shì zhuānjiā ， dànshì . . .
I have a hunch that …
我的直觉告诉我…wǑ de zhíjué gàosù wǑ . . .
On the surface, it seems that …
表面看上去好像…biǎomiàn kànshàngqù hǎoxiàng . . .
Someone told me that …
有人告诉我…yǑurén gàsù wǑ . . .
Just as they said …
像他们说的那样…xiàng tāmen shuō de nàyàng . . .
I vaguely remember that …
我隐约记得…wǑ yǐnyuē jìdé . . .
The one thing I can recall is that …
我能想起来的一件事是…wǑ néng xiǎngqǐlái de yíjiànshì shì . . .
I told myself that …
我告诉自己…wǑ gàosù zìjǐ . . .
I can proudly state that …
我能自豪地说…wǑ néng zìháo de shuō . . .
According to my experience …
以我的经验来说…yǐ wǑ de jīngyàn láishuō . . .
While I am already talking about it …
既然我已经说到这里了…jìrán wǑ yǐjīng shuōdào zhèli le. . .
I’ll attempt to put that more clearly
我会试着说的更明白些wǑ huì shì zhe shuō de gèng míngbai xiē
I was amazed that …
…这让我很吃惊…zhè ràng wǑ hěn chī jīng
It is good to know that …
…挺好的. . . tǐng hǎo de
I am glad to hear it
那就好nàjiùhǎo
I am sorry to interrupt, but …
打扰一下…dǎrǎoyíxià . . .
It is surprising that …
说来让人吃惊…shuōlái ràng rén chījīng . . .
And there is the problem
问题就在这里wèntí jiù zài zhèli
Allow me to thank you
让我感谢大家ràng wǑ gǎnxiè dàjiā
That is to say …
也就是说…yějiùshìshuō . . .
And this is why …
这就是为什么…zhè jiùshì wèishénme . . .
Another advantage is that …
还有一个好处就是…háiyǑu yígèhǎochu jiùshì . . .
Another disadvantage is that …
还有一个坏处就是…háiyǑu yígèhuàichu jiùshì . . .
Like I have just mentioned …
就像我刚才提到的…jiùxiàng wǑ gāngcái tídào de . . .
My greatest worry is that …
我最大的担忧就是…wǑ zuìdà de dānyōu jiùshì . . .
More and more …
越来越…yuèláiyuè . . .
I am amazed that …
…让我觉得很吃惊. . . ràng wǑ juéde hěn chījīng
Thank you heartily
真心感谢zhēnxīn gǎnxiè！
I think that I should immediately say from the start that ..
我觉得我应该从一开始就说明…wǑ juéde wǑ yīnggāi cóng yì kāishǐ jiù shuōmíng . . .
My own feeling is that …
我的感受是…wǑ de gǎnshòu shì . . .
I can’t get rid of the feeling that …
我总有种感觉…wǑ zǑng yǑu zhǑng gǎnjué . . .
It’s becoming more and more obvious that …
…越来越明显了. . . yuèláiyuè míngxiǎn le
It soon became apparent that …
…很快就明白了. . . hěnkuài jiù míngbái le
You’ll know why I’m so surprised when …
当…时你知道我为什么吃惊了dāng . . . shí nǐ zhīdào wǑ wéishenme chījīng le
I became more and more certain that …
我越来越坚信…wǑ yuèláiyuè jiānxìn . . .
It is nothing but the truth
事实就是这样shìshí jiùshì zhèyàng
It isn’t often that …
通常不会…tōngcháng bú huì
The sad thing about that is …
可悲的是…kěbēi de shì . . .
I am grateful for the opportunity …
我非常感激能有机会…wǑ fēicháng gǎnjī néng yǑu jīhuì . . .
Between you and me….
跟你老实说…gēn nǐ lǎoshí shuō . . .
The only provision is that …
唯一的条件是…wéiyī de tiáojiàn shì . . .
You know just as much as I do
你和我知道的差不多nǐ hé wǑ zhīdào de chàbuduō
It is well known that …
大家都知道… or 众所周知…dàjiā dōu zhīdào . . . or zhòngsuǑzhōuzhī . . .
I know for a fact that …
我知道…是事实wǑ zhīdào . . . shì shìshí
This shows that …
这表示…zhè biǎoshì . . .
I don’t have the slightest idea about it …
对于…我完全不知情duìyú . . . wǑ wánquán bù zhīqíng
The only trouble is that …
唯一的问题是…wéiyī de wèntí shì . . .
The only question is that …
关于…唯一的问题是…guānyú . . . wéiyī de wèntí shì . . .
That’s inconceivable!
简直难以想象jiǎnzhí nányǐxiǎngxiàng
I don’t have the slightest notion why …
关于…我完全不知情guānyú . . . wǑ wánquán bù zhīqíng
In spite of the fact that …
虽然事实如此，但是…suīrán shìshírúcǐ ， dànshì . . .
Luck is on your side …
祝你好运zhù nǐ hǎoyùn
Well, I don’t think it would be wise
我觉得这样不明智wǑ juéde zhèyàng bù míngzhì
It is very hard to believe that …
…让人难以置信. . . ràng rén nányǐzhìxìn
You should know that …
你要知道…nǐ yào zhīdào . . .
I would like to emphasize that …
我想强调一下…wǑ xiǎng qiángdiào yíxià . . .
I was astonished to learn that ….
当我得知…时我大吃一惊dāng wǑ dézhī . . . shí wǑ dàchīyìjīng
It is pleasant to know that …
得知…让我很高兴dézhī . . . ràng wǑ hěn gāoxīng
I think that I should point out to you that …
我觉得你应该知道的是…wǑ juéde nǐ yīnggāi zhīdào de shì . . .
I really would like to know …
我真的很想知道…wǑ zhēnde hěn xiǎng zhīdào . . .
I would like to know why …
我想知道为什么…wǑ xiǎng zhīdào wèishénme . . .
I’d like to know whether …
我想知道是…还是…wǑ xiǎng zhīdào shì . . . háishì . . .
I don’t know exactly …
具体我也不知道…jùtǐ wǑ yě bùzhīdào . . .
You may know …
你可能知道…nǐ kěnéng zhīdào . . .
As you already know …
你也知道…nǐ yě zhīdào . . .
You never know, but …
谁也说不准，但是…shuí yě shuō bù zhǔn ， dànshì . . .
I have my own opinion on it, but
虽然我有自己的看法，但是…suīrán wǑyǑu zìjǐ de kànfǎ ， dànshì . . .
I have a strong feeling that …
我有种强烈的直觉…guānyú . . . wǑ yǑu zhǑng qiángliè de zhíjué
It is only a hunch, but …
虽然这只是我的直觉，但是…suīrán zhè zhǐshì wǑ de zhíjué ，
dànshì . . .
I find it hard to believe that …
我很难相信…wǑ hěnnán xiāngxìn…
Sometimes I ask myself if …
有时候我也会问自己如果…yǑushíhòu wǑ yě huì wèn zìjǐ rúguǑ . . .
I didn’t know, and I still don’t know, whether …
我以前不知道，现在也不知道是…还是…wǑ yǐqián bù zhīdào ， xiànzài yě bù zhīdào shì . . . háishì . . .
Later I learned that …
后来我才知道…hòulái wǑ cái zhīdào . . .
Not sure if you remember that earlier I said
不知道你还记不记得我刚才说的bù zhīdào nǐ hái jì bu jìde wo gāngcái shuō de
This brings me to my next point
这也引出了下一个问题zhè yě yǐnchū le xiàyígè wèntí
I have a whole bunch of questions
我有一大堆问题wǑ yǑu yídàduī wèntí
I agree
我同意wǑ tóngyì
That would be a good idea
这个主意不错zhègè zhǔyì búcuò
That’s an interesting thought
这个想法有意思zhègè xiǎngfǎ yǑu yìsī
Sorry, but I can’t agree with that
对不起，我不同意duìbùqǐ ， wǑ bù tóngyì
I absolutely agree
我完全同意wǑ wánquán tóngyì
We’ll do it only on the condition that …
我们可以这么做，但条件是…wǑmen kěyǐ zhème zuò ，
dàn tiáojiàn shì . . .
I can agree to that with the provision that …
只要…我就可以同意zhǐyào . . . wǑ jiù kěyǐ tóng yì
I agree with that, provided that …
我同意，但条件是…wǑ tóngyì ， dàn tiáojiàn shì . . .
I would like to, but…
我愿意，但是…wǑyuànyì ， dànshì . . .
If you are willing …
如果你愿意的话…rúguǑ nǐ yuànyì dehuà . . .
I would agree provided that …
我可以同意，但条件是…wǑ kěyǐ tóngyì ， dàn tiáojiàn shì . . .
I am of a different opinion, because …
我不同意你的看法是因为…wǑ bù tóngyì nǐ de kànfǎ shì yīnwéi . . .
It stands to reason that …
…是理所当然的. . . shì lǐsuǑdāngrán de
On … we agree
…我们同意. . . wǑmen tóngyì
Time is running short so …
因为时间不够用了，所以…yīnwèi shíjiān búgòuyòng le，suǑyǐ . . .
The interesting thing about (it) is …
关于…有意思的是…guānyú . . . yǑuyìsi de shì . . .
Like I just said …
就像我刚才所说的…jiùxiàng wǑ gāngcái suǑshuōde. . .
It is extremely lucky that …
…真是太幸运了. . . zhēnshì tài xìngyùn le
It amused me when …
当…时我觉得很好笑dāng . . . shí wǑ juéde hěn hǎoxiào
The funny thing about that is …
好笑的是…hǎoxiào de shì . . .
I hate to say this, but …
我非常不愿意这么说，但是…wǑ fēicháng bú yuànyì zhème shuō ， d
I am pleased that …
我很满意…. . . wǑ hěn mǎnyì
Well, that’s a pleasant surprise
这真是个意外的惊喜zhè zhēn shì ge yìwài de jīngxǐ
That is really surprising
这真是太出人意料了zhè zhēn shì tài chūrényìliào le
As a matter of course/Take it for granted that …
……是理所当然的shì lǐsuǑdāngtán de…
How can I put it?
我应该怎么说呢？wǑ yìnggāi zěnme shuō ne?
All joking aside
玩笑归玩笑wánxiào guī wánxiào
And what do you think?
你觉得呢？nǐ juéde ne?
I would like to think that …
我愿意相信…wǑ yuànyì xiāngxìn . . .
As far as I know …
据我所知…jùwǑsuǑzhī . . .
Like every other person …
和所有人一样…hé suǑyǑu rén yíyàng . . .
It doesn’t necessarily mean that …
这并不意味着…zhè bìng bú yìwèi zhe . . .
They said that …
据说…tāmen shuō . . .
Acording by what he said …
据他所说…jùtāsuǑshuō . . .
I can agree, provided that …
只要…我就同意zhǐyào . . . wǑ jiù tóngyì
I soon realised that …
我马上就意识到…wǑ mǎshàng jiù yìshí dào . . .
I never realised that …
我从没意识到…wǑ cóngméi yìshí dào . . .
I completely agree with you, but …
我完全同意，但是…wǑ wánquán tóng yì ， dàn shì . . .
I suddenly realised that …
我突然意识到…wǑ tūrán yìshí dào . . .
To return to my earlier point
回到我们刚才所说的huídào wǑmen gāngcái suǑshuō de
So, we are in agreement
所以我们意见统一suǑyǐ wǑmen yìjiàn tǑngyì
All joking aside….
玩笑归玩笑…wánxiào guī wánxiào . . .
Rest assured that …
你放心…nǐ fàngxīn . . .
It is totally natural that …
…是自然而然的. . . shì zìrán’érrán de
In spite of my expectations …
虽然我所期望的是…suīrán wǑ suǑ qīwàng de shì . . .
Certainly you can’t fail to notice that …
你肯定注意到…了吧nǐ kěndìng zhùyì dào . . . le bā
That is all for now
先这样吧 / 先到这吧xiān zhèyàng ba / xiān dào zhè ba
We’d better stop now
我们先到这吧wǑmen xiān dào zhè ba
So, goodbye and thanks again
再见，再次感谢zàijiàn ， zàicì gǎnxiè
I am afraid that time is against us, so we’d better stop here
恐怕时间不够了，我们先到这吧kǑngpà shíjiān bú gòu le, wǑmen xiān dào zhèr ba
Moreover …
而且…érqiě . . .
In a nutshell …
总而言之…zǑngéryánzhī . . .
Between you and me …
我老实跟你说吧…wǑ lǎoshí gēn nǐ shuō ba . . .
Firstly … Secondly …
首先…其次…qícì . . .
To be totally frank
实话实说吧shíhuàshíshuō ba
I think that I should point out that …
我觉得我需要指出…wǑ juéde wǑ xūyào zhǐchū . . .
On one hand … on the other hand…
一方面…(而)另一方面yìfāngmiàn . . . ér lìngyìfāngmiàn
I should say that …
我需要说的是…wǑ xūyào shuō de shì . . .
I’d like to make clear one thing from the very start …
首先，我需要先说明一件事…shǑuxiān ， wǑ xūyào xiān shuōmíng yíjiànshì . . .
Personally, I think that …
就我个人而言，我认为…jiùwǑgèrén éryán ， wǑ rènwéi . . .
Oh, I nearly forgot …
哦，我差点忘了…ó ， wǑ chàdiǎn wàngle . . .
On the other hand …
另一方面是…lìngyìfāngmiàn shì . . .
But on the other hand …
但是另一方面是…dànshì lìngyìfāngmiàn shì . . .
Perhaps I also need to mention that …
也许我还需要提到…yěxǔ wǑ hái xūyào tídào . . .
We’ll see.
再说吧zài shuō ba
Without question
毫无疑问háowúyíwèn
That is an exaggeration
这么说夸张了 / 这是夸大其词zhème shuō kuāzhāng le / zhè shì kuā dà qí cí
In principle that is true, but …
理论上是对的，但是…lǐlùn shàng shì duì de ， dànshì . . .
Only up to a certain point
在一定程度上是这样zài yídìng chéngdù shàng shì zhèyàng
I don’t like to complain, but …
不是我抱怨，但是…búshì wǑ bàoyuàn ， dànshì . . .
Unfortunately, I am not at all satisfied with …
可惜，我对…很不满意kěxī ， wǑ duì . . . hěn bù mǎnyì
No matter what …
无论如何wúlùnrúhé
On no account…
绝不juébù…
Perhaps there is something in that
也许有点道理yěxǔ yǑudiǎn dàolǐ
It was a slip of the tongue
说漏嘴了shuō lòuzuǐ le
I am sorry but …
抱歉，但是…bàoqiàn ， dànshì . . .
I am afraid to say that …
我很遗憾地说…wǑ hěn yíhàn de shuō . . .
To my shame I must admit that …
说来惭愧，我必须承认…shuōláicánkuì ， wǑ bìxū chéngrèn . . .
I hope you won’t take it personally if…
如果…我希望你不要认为是针对你rúguǑ . . . wǑ xīwàng nǐ búyào rènwéi shì zhēnduì nǐ
I am sorry that …
我很抱歉…wǑ hěn bàoqiàn . . .
I must admit that I really don’t know the answer
我必须承认我也不知道答案是什么wǑ bìxū chéngrèn wǑ yě bù zhīdào dá‘àn shì shénme
I am unable to explain why …
我解释不了为什么…wǑ jiěshìbùliǎo wéishénme . . .
I am sorry to bother you, but …
抱歉打扰一下…bàoqiàndǎrǎoyíxià . . .
Unfortunately, I can’t answer that
很遗憾，我回答不了hěn yíhàn ， wǑ huídábùliǎo
Unfortunately there is no easy answer to that question
遗憾的是这个问题不是简简单单就yíhàn de shì zhè gè wèntí bú shì jiǎnjiǎndāndān jiù néng huídá
Sorry if my Chinese is a little difficult to understand
对不起，我说的汉语有点难以理解duìbuqǐ ， wǑ shuō de hànyǔ yǑudiǎn nányǐlǐjiě
I am sorry, but I don’t know the exact expression in Chinese
对不起，我也不知道在汉语中这个duìbuqǐ ， wǑ yě bù zhīdào zài
hànyǔ zhōng zhè gè jùtǐ gāi zěnme biǎo
I bet that…
我敢打赌…wǑ gǎn dǎdǔ . . .
I am satisfied that …
对于…我很满意duìyú . . . wǑ hěn mǎnyì
It is simply true that …
…是不争的事实. . . shì bùzhēng de shìshí
But the fact remains that …
但事实依然是…dàn shìshí yīrán shì . . .
It is no secret that …
…不是什么秘密. . . bùshì shénme mìmì
I insist that …
我坚持…wǑ jiānchí . . .
It is nonsense to claim that …
…这么说简直荒唐. . . zhème shuō jiǎnzhí huāngtáng
It is self evident that …
…是显而易见的. . . shì xiǎn’éryìjiàn de
You have my word that …
我向你保证…wǑ xiàng nǐ bǎozhèng . . .
It is worth noting that …
值得注意的是…zhídézhùyì de shì . . .
It is obvious that …
…显而易见. . . xiǎn’éryìjiàn
You only have to think about it to see…
你只要仔细想想就能明白…nǐ zhǐyào zǐxì xiǎngxiǎng jiù néng míngbai . . .
I am almost sure that …
我几乎能肯定wǑ jīhū néng kěndìng
I don’t see any reason why …
关于…我找不出任何理由guānyú . . . wǑ zhǎobùchū rènhé lǐyóu
… might be one of the reasons why.
…也许是其中一个原因. . . yěxǔ shì qízhōng yí gè yuányīn
There is no point in pretending that ..
没必要假装…méi bìyào jiǎzhuāng . . .
I bet that …
我打赌…/我敢说…wǑ dǎdǔ . . . / wǑ gǎnshuō . . .
I highly recommend that you…
我强烈建议你…wǑ qiángliè jiànyì nǐ . . .
Because … I have a serious suspicion that …
因为…所以我严重怀疑…yīnwéi . . . suǑyǐ wǑ yánzhòng huáiyí . . .
There is no doubt about it that …
…是毫无疑问的. . . shì háowúyíwèn de
You must realize that …
你必须意识到…nǐ bìxū yìshídào . . .
We must bear in mind the fact that …
我们必须牢记这个事实：wǑmen bìxū láojì zhè ge shìshí . . .
I hope it is only a question of time
我希望只是时间的问题wǑ xīwàng zhǐshì shíjiān de wèntí
That remains to be seen
有待观察yǑudài guānchá
Before I finish …
在我结束前…zài wǑ jiéshù qián . . .
I hope we see each other again soon
希望很快再能见到你xīwàng hěn kuài zài néng jiàndào nǐ
I have attempted to explain here that …
我试着解释了…wǑ shìzhe jiěshì le . . .
In conclusion I would like to say that …
最后，我想总结性地说一下…zuìhòu ， wǑ xiǎng zǑngjiéxìng de shuōyíxià . . .
Before I finish, I’d like to again summarise the main points.
结束前，我想再来总结一下主要几jiéshù qián, wǑ xiǎng zài lái zǑngjié yíxià zhǔyào jǐ diǎn
To be more precise …
更准确地讲…gèng zhǔnquè de jiǎng . . .
Should I explain in greater detail?
要我详细解释一下吗？yào wǑ xiángxì jiěshì yíxià ma?
Nevertheless …
尽管如此…jǐnguǎnrúcǐ . . .
What interests me the most is …
最吸引我的是…zuì xīyǐn wǑ de shì . . .
I would like to explain to you how/what …
我想跟你解释一下…是怎样…的wǑ xiǎng gēn nǐ jiěshì yíxià . . . shì zěnyàng . . . de
I will attempt to explain to you how/what …
我会试着跟你解释一下…是怎样的wǑ huì shìzhe gēn nǐ jiěshì yíxià . . . shì zěnyàngde
And to make matters worse …
更糟糕的是…gēng zāogāo de shì . . .
As I have explained …
就像我刚才解释的…jiùxiàng wǑ gāngcái jiěshì de . . .
If I could summarise what I have said so far ..
如果让我把之前所说的总结一下…rúguǑ ràng wǑ bǎ zhīqián suǑshuōde zǑngjiéyíxià . . .
A good example of this is …
举个典型的例子…jǔ gè diǎnxíng de lìzi
I must emphasise that …
我必须强调的是…wǑ bìxū qiángdiào de shì . . .
I would like to add something …
我想再补充一点…wǑ xiǎng zài bǔchōng yìdiǎn . . .
Allow me now to summarise again
让我再来总结一遍ràng wǑ zài lái zǑngjié yí biàn
As an extension to this …
关于这……，延伸一下。guānyú zhè …, yánshēn yíxià.
Allow me to clarify that for you
让我澄清一下ràng wǑ chéngqīng yíxià
Let’s go into this in more detail
让我们看看更多细节。ràng wǑme kànkan gèngduō xìjié
To my horror I realised that …
我恐惧地意识到…wǑ kǑngjù de yìshi dào . . .
It is a crying shame that …
…真是天大的遗憾. . . zhēn shì tiāndà de yíhàn
It is such a shame that …
…真是太遗憾了…. . . zhēn shì tài yíhàn le . . .
It is a pity that I don’t know …
我不知道…真是遗憾wǑ bù zhīdào . . . zhēn shì yíhàn
I got a shock when …
当…时我震惊了dāng . . . shí wǑ zhènjīng le
I was shocked when I heard that …
听说…时我震惊了tīngshuō . . . shí wǑ zhènjīng le
It was a bit shocking for me when I saw …
当我看到…时我震惊了dāng wǑ kàndào . . . shí wǑ zhènjīng le
I am grateful for/that …
对于…我很感激duìyú . . . wǑ hěn gǎnjī
I was relieved when I learned that …
当我得知…时我很庆幸dāng wǑ dézhī . . . shí wǑ hěn qìngxìng
I am proud that …
对于…我很骄傲duìyú . . . wǑ hěn jiāoào
My one regret is that …
我唯一的遗憾是…wǑ wéiyī de yíhàn shì . . .
It is amazing that …
…令人惊叹. . . lìng rén jīngtàn
It is a great pleasure that …
能够…真是太荣幸了nénggòu . . . zhēnshì tài róngxìng le
What a pity
真遗憾zhēn yíhàn
That is very unfortunate
真是太不幸了/真是太遗憾了zhēn shì tài bú xìng le/ zhēn shì tài yíhàn le
I am astonished
我被震惊了wǑ bèi zhènjīng le
That is unbelievable
这真是不可思议ẕhè zhēn shì bùkěsīyì
Who would have thought it?
谁能料到？shéi néng liàodào?
I am very encouraged
我备受鼓舞wǑ bèishòugǔwǔ
It is disgraceful
真是可耻zhēn shì kěchǐ
It is rather boring
真是挺无聊的zhēn shì tǐng wúliáo de
I am disappointed
我很失望wǑ hěn shīwàng
I am hesitating
我还在犹豫wǑ hái zài yóuyù
I must say that …
我必须说一下…wǑ bìxū shuō yíxià . . .
Now seriously …
言归正传yánguīzhèngzhuàn
It is remarkable that …
…相当不可思议. . . xiāngdāng bùkěsīyì
I must admit that …
我必须承认…wǑ bìxū chéngrèn . . .
I grant that …
我承认…wǑ chéngrèn . . .
After all …
毕竟…bìjìng . . .
It is unbelievable how …
…十分不可思议. . . shífēn bùkěsīyì
That is a difficult question
这问题很难回答zhè wèntí hěnnán huídá
I will be talking for about ten minutes
我大概会讲十分钟wǑ dàgài huì shuō shí fēnzhōng
I’ll start with … and afterwards move on to …
首先我要讲的是…然后再讨论…shǑuxiān wǑ yào jiǎng de shì . . . ránhòu zài tǎolùn . . .
Let’s start with a general overview and then focus on …
我们先从概况开始，然后重点集中wǑmen xiān cóng gàikuàng kāishǐ ，
ránhòu zhòngdiǎn jízhōng zài
. . . shàng
Would you be interested in us talking about something else?
你愿意讨论其他的话题吗？nǐ yuànyì tǎolùn qítā de huàtí ma?
I presume that …
我猜…wǑcāi . . .
I hope that …
我希望…wǑ xīwàng . . .
I don’t have a big interest in …
关于…我没多大兴趣guānyú . . . wǑ méi duōdà xīngqù
If I understand correctly …
如果我理解正确的话…rúguǑ wǑ lǐjiě zhèngquè de huà . . .
…Is usually true
…通常是真的/正确的. . . tōngcháng shì zhēn de / zhèngquè de
I haven’t thought about it before, but …
虽然我从来没考虑过，但是…suīrán wǑ cónglái méi kǎolǜ guò ，
dànshì . . .
I have a suspicion that …
我怀疑…wǑ huáiyí . . .
I have an uneasy feeling that …
我有种不详的预感…wǑ yǑu zhǑng bùxiáng de yùgǎn . . .
I firmly believe that …
我坚信…wǑ jiānxìn . . .
I swear that …
我发誓…（我发毒誓）wǑ fāshì . . . （ wǑ fā dúshì ）
A lot depends on how …
很大程度取决于…hěn dà chéngdù qǔjué yú . . .
There is no guarantee that …
无法保证…wúfǎbǎozhèng . . .
Supposing that …
假设…jiǎshè . . .
On full reflection …
经过彻底反省…jīngguò chèdǐ fǎnxǐng . . .
If all goes well …
如果一切顺利的话…rúguǑ yíqiè shùnlì dehuà . . .
So that you understand me …
这样你才会理解我zhèyàng nǐ cái huì lǐjiě wǑ
Unless I’m mistaken…
如果我没理解错的话…rúguǑ wǑ méi lǐjiěcuò dehuà . . .
According to my previous experience …
据我以往的经验来说…jù wǑ yǐwǎng de jīngyàn láishuō . . .
Nobody knows, but
世事难预料，但是…shìshì nán yùliào ， dànshì . . .
I haven’t really thought about it yet, but …
我从来没考虑过，但是…wǑ cónglái méi kǎolǜ guò ， dànshì . . .
Rumour has it that …
小道消息说…/有八卦说xiǎodàoxiāoxī shuō . . . / yǑu bāguà shuō
It is an old superstition that …
…是封建迷信. . . shì fēngjiànmíxìn
Eventually I realised that …
最后，我终于意识到…zuìhòu ， wǑ zhōngyú yìshí dào . . .
An idea flashed through my mind that …
一个想法闪过我的脑海…yígèxiǎngfǎ shǎnguò wǑ de nǎohǎi . . .
At last I realised that …
我终于意识到…wǑ zhōngyú yìshí dào . . .
I have an interesting story about…
对于…我还有个有意思的故事duìyú . . . wǑ háiyǑu gè yǑuyìsi de gùshì
Besides that …
除此之外…chúcǐzhīwài . . .
Before I forget, I must …
趁我还没忘，我必须…chèn wǑ háiméi wàng ， wǑ bìxū . . .
We should look closer at an issue we raised earlier
刚才提到的问题我们应该仔细分析gāngcái tídào de wèntí wǑmen yìnggāi zǐxì fēnxīfēnxī
As I was saying
我们言归正传wǑmen yánguīzhèngzhuàn
We must face facts
我们必须承认事实wǑmen bìxū chéngrèn shìshí
I have reason to believe that
我有理由相信…wǑ yǑu lǐyóu xiāngxìn . . .
After serious consideration (formal)…
一番深思熟虑之后…yì fān shēnsīshúlǜ zhīhòu . . .
It is worth considering, that …
值得考虑的是…zhídekǎolǜ de shì . . .
The heart of the matter is …
这个问题的实质在于…zhègèwèntí de shízhì zàiyú . . .
The essence of the problem is, that …
问题的精髓在于…wèntí de jīngsuǐ zàiyú . . .
