Emergency Chinese: How to Say “The Water Is Off”？
Tíng shuǐ le.
停水了。
The water is off.
Méi shuǐ le
没水了
There’s no water.
Shì tíng shuǐ le ma?
是停水了吗？
Is the water off?
Wèishénme tíng shuǐ le?
为什么停水了？
Why is the water out?
Zhè lǐ tíng shuǐ le ma?
这里停水了吗？
Is the water out here?
Emergency Chinese: How to Say “The Power Is Out”？
Tíng diàn le.
停电了。
The power is out.
Méi diàn le.
没电了。
There’s no electricity.
Shì tíng diàn le ma?
是停电了吗？
Is the power out?
Wèishénme tíng diàn le?
为什么停电了？
Why is the power out?
Shénme shíhou lái diàn?
什么时候来电？
When will the power come back?
Emergency Chinese: How to Say “I’m Lost” ？
Wǒ mí lù le.
我迷路了。
I’m lost.
Wǒ zhǎo bù dào lù.
我找不到路。
I can’t find the way.
Qǐng wèn, zhè shì nǎ lǐ?
请问，这是哪里？
Excuse me, where is this place?
Qù zhè ge dì fāng zěn me zǒu?
去这个地方怎么走？
How do I get to this place?
Néng bāng wǒ kàn yīxià dìtú ma?
能帮我看一下地图吗？
Can you help me look at the map?
Emergency Chinese: “The AC Is Broken” What to Say？
Kōng tiáo huài le.
空调坏了。
The AC is broken. / The air conditioner isn’t working.
Wǒ fáng jiān de kōng tiáo huài le.
我房间的空调坏了。
The AC in my room is broken.
Kōng tiáo yòng bù liǎo.
空调用不了。
The AC won’t turn on / can’t be used.
Kōng tiáo dǎ bù kāi.
空调打不开。
The AC won’t turn on.
Kōng tiáo méi fǎn yìng.
空调没反应。
The AC isn’t responding.
Emergency Chinese: “No Hot Water” What to Say？
Méi yǒu rè shuǐ.
没有热水。
There’s no hot water.
Rè shuǐ qì huài le.
热水器坏了。
The water heater is broken.
Xǐ zǎo méi rè shuǐ.
洗澡没热水。
There’s no hot water for showering.
Néng bāng wǒ kàn yī xià ma?
能帮我看一下吗？
Can you take a look for me?
Dà gài duō jiǔ huì yǒu rè shuǐ?
大概多久会有热水？
About how long until there’s hot water?
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