15 Essential Chinese Phrases for Video Calls

In this video, you’ll learn how to say “my internet connection is bad”, “you’re breaking up”, “I’ll share my screen” and other useful Chinese phrases that are commonly used in video calls.
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⚡️ Time code:
00:00 Introduction
00:33 視訊 （视讯）/ 視頻（视频）
02:38 聽得到嗎？（听得到吗？）
03:44 聽不到（听不到）/ 沒有聲音（没有声音）
04:28 聽不清楚（听不清楚）
05:03 戴耳機（戴耳机）
05:54 打開鏡頭（打开镜头）/ 打開攝像頭（打开摄像头）
07:42 你在嗎？（你在吗？）
08:02 打開麥克風（打开麦克风）
08:45 分享畫面（分享画面）/ 共享屏幕
10:23 調整設定（调整设定）/ 調整設置（调整设置）
11:29 看得到嗎？（看得到吗？）
12:20 網路不好（网路不好） / 網絡不好（网络不好）
13:22 你卡住了 / 你的畫面卡住了（你的画面卡住了）
14:18 斷斷續續（断断续续）
15:26 Thank you for watching to the end!
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[@danielniros]

i decided to start learning chinese... I know its gonna be a long road, but i just cant ignore how unique the tones are. Im learning and loving it

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

加油加油💪

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Editing the video call skits took me such a long time lol I hope you enjoyed them! 💛 - Correction: 10:45 For the word "參與者 / 参与者 (participant)", the "與 / 与" should be "yù ㄩˋ", but in daily life, many Taiwanese people would pronounce it with the third tone.

[@silverstorm1000]

You did a great job! It made it fun

[@DarthRoo]

Your skits are hilarious!!! And so funny!!!

[@oliverq9793]

Hi, I'm from Brazil and I want to learn Chinese, but it's very difficult to learn without having someone to talk to. Would anyone here who speaks Chinese be willing to be my study friend? I can teach Portuguese if anyone is interested. Please please please 😢 (I'm a psychology student, I like to draw, read, dance ballet, I play the guitar and a little bit of violin too. I like watching dramas, anime and Asian series. I'm a nice person Please be my study friend 😅)

[@DarthRoo]

@@oliverq9793 hey! I am currently learning Mandarin as well. And for the record, I’m not very far. I would love to be your study partner, and I will say I can only talk to you over KZbin.

[@oliverq9793]

@@DarthRoo Thank you very much, but how are we going to communicate on KZbin? 🥺

[@BrunoHenrique-li6ni]

Thank you so much Grace! Could you please create a video on making friends in chinese? What phrases we could use when meeting people, asking things about them, etc. It would be really helpful when we go to China and try to make friends (or at least have a nice chat with locals).

[@DarthRoo]

I’m trying to learn Mandarin on my own, and your videos have been so helpful!!! Thank you for all the hard work you put into all your content!!! 😎

[@williamscsharpwalkthroughs4316]

Thanks for these videos. The effort you put in them is evident! I'm a complete beginner with Mandarin Chinese, but I'm slowly absorbing the language!

[@Olfanimation]

I love your channel! It's full of concrete situations to use all your sentences !!

[@jssmedialangs]

新年好！I like the "practice saying it" part! 😄 Thanks for making this--I often need these words when practicing online. 😅

[@genace]

This is a very good topic! So useful, especially since most people make video calls these days. Video calls are also a more recent trend, so I’m guessing most older textbooks won’t teach these. Impressive job with the funny skits and putting all the Zoom interface elements too🙌 LOL at 14:07 😂😂

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Haha thank you Josh! 🥰

[@YisenCinema]

woah 2 minutes ago! Thanks for the super useful content Grace, keep it up! 加油！多谢 :)

[@guilhermeportugal6389]

Emily is always finding elaborate ways to escape class!

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

😂😂She is!!

[@ron_grimes]

You've really mastered teaching the pronunciation by first saying it slowly and then speeding up. Also, very well articulated. I hate trying to follow someone who speaks really fast and almost a slurred sloppy speech. Great job!

[@yazars]

Very useful video! For bad connection, I've also heard people say 收訊不好 (shōu xùn bú hǎo). I have another word to use rather than 開會 (kāihuì) now. Thank you for your efforts with the entertaining skits! The repetition for pronunciation is perfect 🙂

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Hi Peter! Yes, you can also say “收訊不好”, but I tend to hear it more often when people are on the phone rather than during a video call on a computer.

[@yazars]

​@@GraceMandarinChineseAh, the situations where I've heard it used have been with video calls using cell phones and tablets. Haha, but hopefully people won't have to overthink the spectrum of phones to tablets to laptops to desktop computers!

[@salmaster8256]

Grace, great work.

[@raulariasalvarez8037]

Just a short comment to express that I’m loving the slightly slower pace of your videos! (A little change that makes a big difference to me - it gives me the necessary extra seconds to process the message). Thanks!

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Hi Raul! I took your advice. I'm glad you noticed it ;) I hope people like the pace too!

[@HANNAH_TAIWAN]

這部影片，真的很好用：）謝謝你，Grace! 我會繼續努力的！

[@flaviosouza4449]

Very useful content. Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

[@TheAnimeq]

很有用的!多谢老师❤

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

不客氣（不客气）！🥰

[@doingmybest9040]

Thank you, Grace!

[@theculturedkidlanguages]

Great video! Knowing essential Chinese phrases for video calls is handy for effective communication. Thanks for sharing these useful tips!

[@alderon3383]

Many thanks from Russia! Your videos are very helpful in learning the language.

[@gonewriting]

Thanks for this video! Now I can use all of these next time I have class online with my teacher!

[@PennyLeach]

Great Topic. I'm learning a lot from this.

[@ROFEL]

Going to add all these to Anki. Will use these during language exchange.

[@Kinanti41]

謝謝老師

[@lornam3637]

太好了！ 非常有趣的视频

[@sarajohanna6474]

woah this video was so good 😊 thank you for your efforts in teaching us!! I really enjoy your videos!

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

💛💛

[@jovmil9175]

Grace , you are most beautiful teacher and with best pronunciation . Never get married. Freedom always and forever )_)) 🤩🤩🤩

[@kendo512]

Nice! I just got off a video call with my wife who's currently in China. These will be useful for tomorrow

[@MANADOCRTV]

Super double mantap👍👍

[@josephmak0865]

This is great! 學生每一位都有不同性格！Emily 很可愛！如果在最後將所有生字放在一起可以screen capture 下來重溫更好. "Screen capture" 可能在mainland/Taiwan mandarin 也有不同. 請指教

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

哈哈謝謝！我原本也想在影片後面複習所有的片語，但那樣影片會變得太長，所以後來刪掉了😝 screen capture 在台灣我們會說「螢幕截圖」或只說「截圖」，中國大陸那邊應該是說「屏幕截圖」，應該也可以只說「截圖」

[@josephmak0865]

謝謝老師,Emily同學,Michael同學和Sarah同學. 老師可真考慮網上授課（It can be big business! 老師有千千萬萬的訂閱者）

[@vlnacheck1179]

It was so cute 14:10~

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

That happened to me in real life 😂That student is indeed very funny and cute haha

[@woodies2009]

13:50- 笑死我了🤣

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

That actually happened to me before and that's where the inspiration is coming from 😂

[@SuAmazing]

Aaaa sorry for being late~ Yaaa thanks for those videos Grace and i have a question : what do you say at the beginning of every video? the 'Without further ado, let's get started!' in Chinese Characters

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Hi! "Without further ado, let's get started!" in Chinese is "話不多說，我們開始吧！（话不多说，我们开始吧！）” and I attached a "那" before this sentence for transition (it expresses the meaning of "then" or "in that case")

[@SuAmazing]

@@GraceMandarinChinese Oohh i see, thank you Grace~

[@GuranPurin]

Emily just like me for real 🤣🤣

[@user-cp5ir7pt4g]

Grace太美了😍.注意保暖.晚上好🌙

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

謝謝～天氣變冷了，你也注意保暖！

[@subhadas7659]

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[@deontesampson1991]

😀GRACE!!❤❤ I see you put a lot of effort into this video & it was well worth the watch that last skit lol you should've confessed about the homework you really made things worse trying to pretend the connection was bad I thought you really were frozen the frozen face was hella legit but after the first blink I knew it was over😂 I said to myself dammit Grace you were so close😄 #GraceisPresident👧 #Whitehouse👎 #👧Guohouse👍 #Getouttaheroffice #Gracewiththeprettyfrozenface❤😄 #Shouldveworeshades🤷🏾‍♂️

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

😂😂😂

[@marlon7s]

9:20 12:30

[@NITROBEARRR]

你很漂亮

[@GroovesHK]

Do you want to travel to Auckland?