看情况吧 到时候再联系
“We'll see. I'll contact you later.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“By the way, midnight snack with me? I think I have to write this all night long again.”
看情况吧 到时候再联系
“We'll see. I'll contact you later.”
走了
“I'm leaving.”
“Don't count on it, but I'll ping you if I'm free.”
Directly rejecting a colleague's casual invitation can cause loss of face, so Chinese speakers frequently use 'kan qingkuang' (depends on the situation) as a universally accepted soft deferral.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
depends on the situation / we will see
The most versatile and polite spoken buffer in Chinese to avoid making immediate promises.
when the time comes / at that time
A temporal phrase used to postpone a final decision or arrangement.
Softens the tentative response, making the non-committal stance gentle and collaborative.
