How to express conventional exchanges over the phone

寒暄
谈及过去
电话道别

You can listen to each Chinese sentence by clicking on either the Chinese text or the English translation.

Expressing courtesies

我是Lilly !
It's Lilly here!

我是伦敦的Lilly !
This is Lilly from London!

你打来我太高兴了！
I am so pleased to hear from you!

你打来太好了!
Nice of you to call!

你是从哪儿打来的呀？
Where are you phoning from?

你怎么打来了？
What a nice surprise! (lit. How come you ring here!)

你现在怎么样？
What are you up to?

太棒了！
That's great news!

替我恭喜他们吧！
Please pass on my congratulations to them!

You can listen to each Chinese sentence by clicking on either the Chinese text or the English translation.

Referring to the past

大家都很挂念你。
Everyone misses you.

我们这里平时聊天常提起你。
We often talk about you.

我还记得以前（去你们家吃大闸蟹）
的事呢！
I still remember (those delicious Chinese crabs we had at your place)!

我回来已经两个月了。
I have been back for a couple of months now.

时间过得真快。
How time flies.

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Concluding a telephone conversation

谢谢你帮忙通知大家。
Thank you so much for organising this. (lit. Thank you for helping to inform people of this.)

我一定去公司看你们！
I will definitely call on you at your office!

我能不能把你的邮件地址给她？
Can I give her your email address?

有什么新情况我会告诉你的。
I'll keep you informed.

我得挂了。
I have to go now.

你多保重！
Take care!

我们保持联系！
Let's keep in touch!

我们再联系。
Talk to you again soon.

我有机会会打电话的。
I will try and ring when I get a chance.

再一次感谢您，宋经理。
Thanks again Manager Song.

太棒了，谢谢你。
That's great. Thank you very much.

先这样吧！
Bye for now!