<p>What about "请你再说一遍" or "请再说一遍"? </p>

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I suppose this will work as well. I'm not quite sure where to put these answers with respect to a polite/formal index. It'd be great to see some more info on which is casual and alternatives that compare and contrast the more vs less formal.
Tommie C.
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Tsundoku
<p>If the context is informal you could use the following: 你说什么？ Literally translated it means, "You said what?". However, it figuratively translates to, "What did you say?".</p>

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figuratively?  just Chinese grammar
user6065
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jtraeger
<p>A version with only one word: <code>啥？</code></p>

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Can you explain where this comes from. is it slang or not?
information_interchange
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@information_interchange It's not a slang, it's a dialect means 'what'. I found an example from [here](https://dict.baidu.com/s?wd=%E5%95%A5):  `当时康熙觉得很好喝，就问厨子：“这是什么粥？”厨子由于很紧张，没听清楚，就问：“啥？”`
LiuYan 刘研
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LiuYan 刘研
<p>one could also say 请重复, which means "please repeat".</p>

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I'm not sure why this was voted down. Could someone knowledgable please explain why this is not a "good" answer? Or if it is okay please advise.
Tommie C.
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2014-07-27T13:16:16.163Z
Too mechanical perhaps?
Henry HO
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Because you'd never hear anyone say that, I guess.
vermillon
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mtw
<p>To not sound rude, one can add 請.  As in</p>

<p>請再講一遍。</p>

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MunHo
<p>There's no real special phrase for this situation, unlike English's "I beg your pardon". Therefore, anything conveying the sense of "please repeat" or "I didn't hear" works. For instance, as is increasingly the case in English as well, normally you could just say "what?", <code>什麼?</code>. </p>

<p>To be a little more preciser, as well as polite / less familiar, you could say <code>對不起, 我沒聽清楚</code>, "Sorry, I didn't quite catch that." And then you can ask them <code>可以再說一遍嗎?</code>, "Could you repeat that?"</p>

<p>Really, just about any translation of what you'd say in English would work. Since there's no specific phrase, as long as the sentence is grammatically sound and makes sense, you'll be understood just fine.</p>

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Semaphore
<p>I sometimes need to say the equivalent of <em>Sorry, could you repeat that?</em> I have found one comfortable phrase (for me) to handle this situation but would like to learn other phrases to use in this case. </p>

<p>When speaking Cantonese I might say something like:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>nei gong matyeh, ting m doh (你講乜嘢, 聽唔到 lit: what did you say, I didn't hear everything)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I'm sure that Mandarin and maybe even Cantonese speakers would not say this phrase. But people get my gist as a non-Asian. I'd be grateful for any wisdom shared so that I can communicate this concept better.</p>

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2014-07-24T16:56:48.587Z
You could say '没听清, 能再说一遍吗?' (literal translation: didn't hear it clearly, could you say it again?)
user58955
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2016-03-02T16:40:44.493Z
jukuu for＂Could you repeat that？＂ has 12 example sentences, 2 - 12 being relevant
user6065
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Actually, in Cantonese you should probably use just [唔好意思,] 聽唔明. "你講乜嘢" sounds borderline rude (but then again HK people are quite abrasive anyway).
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Could you repeat that?
# Could you repeat that?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-07-24)

I sometimes need to say the equivalent of *Sorry, could you repeat that?* I have found one comfortable phrase (for me) to handle this situation but would like to learn other phrases to use in this case.

When speaking Cantonese I might say something like:

> nei gong matyeh, ting m doh (你講乜嘢, 聽唔到 lit: what did you say, I didn't hear everything)

I'm sure that Mandarin and maybe even Cantonese speakers would not say this phrase. But people get my gist as a non-Asian. I'd be grateful for any wisdom shared so that I can communicate this concept better.

**Tags:** mandarin, equivalent-phrase
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: You could say '没听清, 能再说一遍吗?' (literal translation: didn't hear it clearly, could you say it again?)  
> **username_2**: jukuu for＂Could you repeat that？＂ has 12 example sentences, 2 - 12 being relevant  
> **username_3**: Actually, in Cantonese you should probably use just [唔好意思,] 聽唔明. "你講乜嘢" sounds borderline rude (but then again HK people are quite abrasive anyway).  

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## 6 answers

### Answer by username_12 on 2014-07-24. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

There's no real special phrase for this situation, unlike English's "I beg your pardon". Therefore, anything conveying the sense of "please repeat" or "I didn't hear" works. For instance, as is increasingly the case in English as well, normally you could just say "what?", `什麼?`.

To be a little more preciser, as well as polite / less familiar, you could say `對不起, 我沒聽清楚`, "Sorry, I didn't quite catch that." And then you can ask them `可以再說一遍嗎?`, "Could you repeat that?"

Really, just about any translation of what you'd say in English would work. Since there's no specific phrase, as long as the sentence is grammatically sound and makes sense, you'll be understood just fine.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2016-03-02. Score: 3

What about "请你再说一遍" or "请再说一遍"?

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I suppose this will work as well. I'm not quite sure where to put these answers with respect to a polite/formal index. It'd be great to see some more info on which is casual and alternatives that compare and contrast the more vs less formal.  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2014-07-26. Score: 2

If the context is informal you could use the following: 你说什么？ Literally translated it means, "You said what?". However, it figuratively translates to, "What did you say?".

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: figuratively?  just Chinese grammar  

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### Answer by username_6 on 2016-03-24. Score: 2

A version with only one word: `啥？`

> **Comments:**
> **username_7**: Can you explain where this comes from. is it slang or not?  
> **username_6**: @information_interchange It's not a slang, it's a dialect means 'what'. I found an example from [here](https://dict.baidu.com/s?wd=%E5%95%A5):  `当时康熙觉得很好喝，就问厨子：“这是什么粥？”厨子由于很紧张，没听清楚，就问：“啥？”`  

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### Answer by username_8 on 2014-07-25. Score: 1

one could also say 请重复, which means "please repeat".

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I'm not sure why this was voted down. Could someone knowledgable please explain why this is not a "good" answer? Or if it is okay please advise.  
> **username_9**: Too mechanical perhaps?  
> **username_10**: Because you'd never hear anyone say that, I guess.  

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### Answer by username_11 on 2016-03-02. Score: 0

To not sound rude, one can add 請. As in

請再講一遍。


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