1.	Wài.	喂	Hello.
    
		Wèi, shi Wàijiāobù ma? Wǒ yào zhǎo Lín Sīzhǎng shuō huà.	喂，外交部嗎？我要找林司長説話。	Hello. Is this the Ministry of Foreign Affairs? I want to speak with Department Chief Lin.
    
		Nín shi nǎr a?	您是那兒啊？	Who is this?
    
		Wǒ shi Fǎguo Shāngwù Jīngjiguān.	我是法國商務經濟官。	I am the French Commercial/Economics Officer.
    
	2.	Lin Sīzhǎng zhèihuír bú zài. Nín yào liú ge huàr ma?	林司長這會兒不在。	Department Chief Lin is not here at the moment. Would you like to leave a message?
    
	3.	Wǒ bǎ nínde diànhuà hàomǎr xiěxiàlái.	我把您的電話號兒寫下來。	I’ll write down your phone number.
    
	4.	Duìbuqǐ, nǐ gāngcái gěi wo da diànhuà, wǒ bú zài.	對不起，你剛才給我打電話，我不在。	I’m sorry. When you called me just now, I wasn’t in.
    
	5.	Wǒ nèitiān gēn nín yuēhǎole jīntiān dào nín bàngōngshì qu tántan.	我那天跟您約好了今天到辦公室去談談。	The other day I made an appointment with you to go to your office today for a talk.
    
 		Yīnwei wǒ yǒu yíjiàn yàojǐnde shì, suóyi bù néng jīntiān qù.	因爲我有一件要緊的事，所以不能今天去。	Because I have an urgent business matter, I can’t go today.
   
 		Gǎi dào míngtiān xíng bu xíng?	改到明天行不行？	Would it be all right to change it [the appointment] to tomorrow?

6.	háishi                還是          still

7.	wàiguo                外國          foreign, abroad

8.	wàiguo rén            外國人        foreigner (non-Chinese)

9.	wūzi (yìjiān)         屋子 (一間)    room

10.	yāo                   幺           one (telephone pronunciation)