您好 请问您之前见过这个孩子吗？
“Hello. Have you seen this child before?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
- 不用了 谢谢 - 没事
“- No thanks. Thank you. - It's alright.”
您好 请问 您之前 见过 这个 孩子 吗 ？
“Hello. Have you seen this child before?”
- 没见过 - 谢谢
“- No, I haven't. - Thank you.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Using the honorific 您 (nín) and introductory 请问 (qǐngwèn) demonstrates high respect and urgency while avoiding imposing on a busy stranger.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
may I ask / excuse me
The gold-standard polite preface when asking a stranger for information in Chinese.
have seen before
Combines a time word with experiential aspect marker 过 to verify past encounters.
Transforms the declarative sentence into a standard neutral yes-no question.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Hello. Have you seen this child before?”
“Hello. Have you seen this girl? ♪ Those lives that crossed ours ♪”
“Hi. Have you seen this kid?”
“Hello. Have you seen this?”