你可知道玉屏在哪儿
“Do you know where Yuping is?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Jinzhao, I'm looking for my mother. Wait a minute.”
你可知道 玉屏 在哪儿
“Do you know where Yuping is?”
玉屏
“Yuping?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional large Chinese compounds, inquiring about subordinates or concubines requires polite and decorous phrasing toward older siblings or superiors.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
do you happen to know
A polite, slightly traditional phrasing used to introduce an inquiry.
where is
The standard northern spoken question phrase used to ask about physical location.