I was updating my Blog on my experience on MU572 from HNL to PVG. I realized that I used "Excuse me" in a way that most of us never learned in class (in China).

My blog is at

http://blog.sciencenet.cn/home.php?mod=space&uid=306792&do=blog&id=562351

So, I decided to google the phrase. Here is the result from

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/excuse_me

excuse me

1. (US) Said as a request to repeat information. (Mandarin: 請再説一遍)
2. Said as a request for an individual's attention. (Mandarin: 請問)
3. Said as a request to pass. (Mandarin: trad. 借過, simpl. 借过)
4. Sorry, as an apology. (Mandarin: 對不起)
5. Said as a request for an apology. (There is no translation, but I hope you know what it means from the way I used it to express myself on MU572. I don't think it's the language, but my tone, that expressed myself so well that the person immediately said: 對不起, 對不起, which is Chinese for sorry--in case you don't know any Chinese.)
   

 

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