Browse All Chinglish Phrases

How can this be

这怎么行

How can this be acceptable?

To take away food

外卖

Takeaway food.

See see again

再看看

Let me see again. Polite way to postpone a decision.

Welcome to visit our factory again

欢迎再次参观

Factory tour sign.

What thing

什么事

What thing? What do you want?

Our company is a team

我们公司是团队

Corporate slogan.

Play play just play

玩玩而已

Just playing around, not serious.

No littering across the area

全区域禁止乱扔

No littering sign.

Open warm water

开温水

Turn on warm water.

Welcome to the hotel

欢迎来到酒店

Hotel welcome.

Put down a little bit

放下来一点点

Put it down a little lower.

I am so honorable to meet you

很荣幸见到你

Honored to meet you.

No have

没有

Do not have. Chinese grammar applied to English negation.

Children must take care by parents

儿童必须由家长看管

Children must be supervised.

Not have what

没什么

It is nothing.

No distorting the natural view

禁止扭曲自然风景

Do not damage nature.

Can be

可以

It is acceptable, okay.

Please walk passageway of bridge

请走桥的通道

Walk on the bridge.

Very good very powerful

很好很强大

Very good and very powerful (often sarcastic).

When cow goes hen stays

牛走鸡留

Nonsensical translation.