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Question for native Mandarin speakers?
Are there any "stall word" expressions in Chinese? For English, I would refer to things like "umm..." or 'let's see' or "well..." or just a useful word that you could use to say while thinking. My Chinese book says that "ne" can be used after a pause in speech, but do people actually use that colloquially?
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- CraftylassLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
Yes, ne ge 那个 (not sure about the character, though) is used colloquially. I teach university students in China and I hear this all the time . . . even when they are speaking English!
They also use "uh" (more like a grunt) to let a speaker know they are listening.
- 9 years ago
The word is "en" if you already agree in general with the other person's comment.
You can use a drawn out "Suo yi..." (= "Well...."), if you just need time to think.
There are regional variations in China and Taiwan.
Funny part is: The Chinese don't often take much time before they speak; they tend to just get louder instead.
Source(s): WNL - 9 years ago
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- ?Lv 45 years ago
B is the reply. on your sentence shenme is acutally shen mi de which makes extra feel. utilising keiyi and hui is hui is in most cases related to studying. and kei yi is like our k
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