HEYGOW ASMR

Being formal

10 phrases
HD
máfan nín yíxià.
麻烦您一下。
ENsorry to trouble you
HD
bù hǎoyìsi dǎrǎo.
不好意思打扰。
ENforgive the intrusion
HD
qǐng nín shāo děng.
请您稍等。
ENone moment please
HD
láojià.
劳驾。
ENexcuse me (formal)
HD
qǐng duō bāohán.
请多包涵。
ENplease bear with me
HD
gěi nín tiān máfan le.
给您添麻烦了。
ENI've put you to trouble
HD
chéngméng guānzhào.
承蒙关照。
ENthank you for looking after me
HD
shù wǒ zhíyán.
恕我直言。
ENif I may speak plainly
HD
qǐng zhǐjiào.
请指教。
ENI welcome your guidance
HD
bùgǎndāng.
不敢当。
ENyou flatter me

劳驾 and 麻烦您 both mean "may I trouble you", and both open a request to a stranger with the register raised. 不敢当 is the reply to praise you feel is excessive - literally "I dare not accept" - and belongs to the same family as 哪里哪里. 恕我直言 warns that something blunt is coming.