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可以说慢一点吗？
？ Can you speak more slowly?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可以说慢一点吗？ 02 What does 可以说慢一点吗 mean?慢一点 means a little slower.
PracticeCan you speak more slowly? 03 Fill the pinyin for 慢一点。一 changes to yì before third-tone 点 in this phrase.
Practicemàn yì diǎn 04 Which is more polite: 说慢一点 or 可以说慢一点吗?The question form softens the request.
Practice可以说慢一点吗？Scene
When to use it
Asking someone to slow down during a conversation.
Risk
safe
If audio is unclear rather than fast, use 我听不清楚 instead.
Literal
Can speak slow a little question?
This line keeps a conversation alive when speed is the problem, not the whole language.
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 可以说慢一点吗 mean?
Answer: Can you speak more slowly?
慢一点 means a little slower.
Practice this prompt02 · Fill the pinyin for 慢一点。
Answer: màn yì diǎn
一 changes to yì before third-tone 点 in this phrase.
Practice this prompt03 · Which is more polite: 说慢一点 or 可以说慢一点吗?
Answer: 可以说慢一点吗？
The question form softens the request.
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