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现在不太方便。
。 Now is not very convenient.Practice path
Make this line survive without the page.
Start with the sound, then answer the authored recall prompts for this exact line. No browsing through the whole quiz set.
Current move
Hear it cold Listen first, then choose the Mandarin line before reading the page again.Listen first, then choose the Mandarin line before reading the page again.
Next现在不太方便。 02 What does 现在不太方便。 mean?不太方便 is a polite and common indirect refusal. It is safer than a blunt 不行.
PracticeNow is not very convenient. 03 Fill the pinyin for 现在不太方便。不 changes to bú before 太 because 太 is fourth tone.
Practicexiàn zài bú tài fāng biàn. 04 Which line softly refuses because the timing is bad?不太方便 is a polite indirect refusal pattern.
Practice现在不太方便。Scene
When to use it
Softly declining a call, meeting, request, or task because the timing is not good.
Risk
use with care
If something is impossible or unsafe, be clearer. 不太方便 can sound indirect.
Literal
Now not too convenient.
不太方便 is a polite and common indirect refusal. It is safer than a blunt 不行.
Mini dialogue
Hear the social move.
Play both lines, then say the second line without looking.
Contrast
Do not blur these together.
Recall prompts
Check whether it survived.
01 · What does 现在不太方便。 mean?
Answer: Now is not very convenient.
不太方便 is a polite and common indirect refusal. It is safer than a blunt 不行.
Practice this prompt02 · Fill the pinyin for 现在不太方便。
Answer: xiàn zài bú tài fāng biàn.
不 changes to bú before 太 because 太 is fourth tone.
Practice this prompt03 · Which line softly refuses because the timing is bad?
Answer: 现在不太方便。
不太方便 is a polite indirect refusal pattern.
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