Those "strategies" we Chinese used in hanging up a call

How do Chinese people say goodbye on the phone?

You might think it’s very simple and that there are many ways, such as, “拜拜” (báibái, bye-bye), “再见” (zàijiàn, goodbye), some people may know“我挂了” (wǒ guàle, I'm going to hang up.) or “以后聊” (yǐhòu liáo, I’ll talk to you later).

In fact,there are some formalities and etiquette to observe when hanging up:

-Don't hang up the phone heavily if you using a landline!
-固定电话要轻轻挂！
-gùdìng diànhuà yào qīngqīng guà!

-Don't hang up the phone first when speaking to the elder!
-跟长者或者尊者打电话时不要先挂！
-gēn zhǎngzhě huòzhě zūnzhě dǎdiànhuàshí bùyào xiānguà!

-Don't hang up the phone first if you are a man and speaking to a woman!
-男人在跟女人通电话时不要先挂！
-nánrén gēn nǚrén tōngdiànhuàshí búyào xiānguà!





Many Chinese people don’t know how to end conversations on the phone. A young boy, Kevin, vents (吐槽 tù cáo) his frustrations on Weibo: “Has anyone else had this experience? You have made a call to an older member of your family. After the main conversation is over, deep down both of you are hoping to end the talk. However, in order to ensure you’re being polite, your relative might say 好 (good, okay)，好，好，好，a multitude of times, and you in turn have to respond to this by saying oh, oh, oh, oh.If we keep on talking, it seems very meaningless. This drives me mad! (抓狂 zhuā kuáng) .

Netizens often discuss the problem and muse over some methods to deal with these situations. They call them their “strategies” (攻略 gōnglüè).
If you want to hang up the phone first, it is best to have a good reason, instead of directly saying, “Wǒ yào guà （diànhuà ）le。我要挂（电话）了。I want to hang up.”
For example,

“shífēnzhōnghòu wǒ yào kāihuìle.十分钟后我要开会了。I’ve got a meeting in ten minutes”,

“wǒ yào hépéngyou chīfàn le. 我要和朋友吃饭了。I'm going to have dinner with my friends”,

“duìbuqǐ,wǒde shǒujī yàoméidiànle. 对不起，我的手机要没电了。Sorry, my mobile phone is running out of power”,

“wǒ děi jiēge diànhuà. 我得接个电话。I have a call waiting, I have to answer it”

or “duìbuqǐ, xìnhào bùtàihǎo.yíhuìr dǎgěinǐ. 对不起，信号不太好，我一会儿打给你。Sorry, the signal is really bad, I will call you later (“later” means “a long time later” or maybe “never again”).

“No fights in 3 aspects” at your office in China! 在中国的办公室里要做到“三不争”！

“No fights in 3 aspects” at your office in China! 

在中国的办公室里要做到“三不争”！

1. Don't overreact in front of your superiors! 不与上级争锋！

2. Don't strike for favor with your co-workers! 不与同事争宠！

3. Don't take the credit from your subordinates! 不与下级争功！


If you work in a company with Chinese, please try your best to take these words as one of your rules. 如果你在一个有中国人的公司工作，请一定要把这三句话加入你的原则中。

Let's discuss from the first one. Chinese bosses or leaders usually need your full respects in every detail. China is still influenced by the old traditional social status minds. So maybe you're really smarter than them, but stop complaining how stupid they are right now, be patient to admire their advantages and try to show them your idea in a smart way.
让我们从第一个开始谈起吧。中国老板或者领导往往需要你在各方面足够的尊敬。中国还是一个受传统地位观念影响很重的社会。所以你可能真的很聪明，但是从现在还是停止你的老板很蠢之类的抱怨,睁大眼睛看看他们的长处，并试着用一个聪明点儿的办法去说服他们。


About the second point, I think it's in all over the world. Competitions are everywhere. If you have to fight for your future, so make it simple compete in hard working instead of others.
关于第二点，我觉得这个存在于世界的每一个角落，因为竞争到处都有。如果你必须得努力争取想要得到的，还是简单点儿，就去比一比谁更努力工作吧。

The last one, if you have a very capable subordinate, be kind to him/her. You're in a position to make bigger contribution so be generous or you will lose the best one working for you.
最后一个，如果你有一个精明能干的下属，请一定要善待他/她。你站的位置是要做成更大的贡献的，所以大方点儿不要把他们那一小点功劳也据为己有，否则你将失去一个最有力的的助手。

Anyway, there are many things you have to pay attention when working with Chinese, here is just a small view. I will talk more in the future, be patient.
总之，跟中国人一起工作有很多方面都需要注意，这里只是一个小小的观点，在以后的博客里我还会写，请大家耐心等着哦。

Business calls in Chinese

Professional sentences badly need in business call

Those on the left column are very spoken and informal, if you still keeping use them in your business occasions, you have to read over this blog carefully and be ready to learn the right ones; those on the right column are considered better usually, so you'd better use it in the future.Here are the Pinyin to practice.

1. nínhǎo!

2. qǐngwèn zěnme chēnghū nín bǐjiào hǎo ne?

3. qǐngwè nín guìxìng?

4. qǐngwèn nín xiànzài fāngbiàn ma?

5. nínhǎo, wǒ shì Běijīng Yǔhuì de Sòng Lì.

Further more, there are some text messages in business, which one do you like if you received these?

The last one of course is just the one you want. So learn from it. If you don't recognize the characters, just let me know. 

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